Why do we get hungry?
Published Tuesday 31 October 2017
By Yella Hewings-Martin PhD
Fact checked by Jasmin Collier
How do our brains know when the time for our next meal has come?
It's 2 hours after breakfast and I'm starting to sense that familiar feeling of hunger pangs, leaving me to wonder: what makes us hungry?
Hunger serves an obvious purpose: it tells us that we need to eat to keep our bodies fueled. Yet most of us live in a world where food is ever-present and meals are scheduled around social conventions. Do we really need a reminder to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner?
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