Hunger

Hunger

Hunger is the physical sensation of desiring food. Even the highly privileged sometimes experience mild hunger; brief experiences of the condition are not usually harmful. When politicians, relief workers and social scientists talk about people suffering from hunger, they usually refer to those who are unable to eat sufficient food to meet their basic nutritional needs for sustained periods of time.

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    From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
    François Rabelais (1494–1553)