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Desire for food

Known as: Appetite, Appetites 
Natural recurring desire for food. Alterations may be induced by APPETITE DEPRESSANTS or APPETITE STIMULANTS.
National Institutes of Health

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Feeding behaviors

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Highly Cited
2020
Highly Cited
2020
Effect of Plain Versus Sugar‐Sweetened Breakfast on Energy Balance and Metabolic Health: A Randomized Crossover Trial
This study investigated the effect of 3 weeks of high‐sugar (“Sweet”) versus low‐sugar (“Plain”) breakfast on energy balance… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Graphene electrochemistry: fundamental concepts through to prominent applications.
The use of graphene, a one atom thick individual planar carbon layer, has exploded in a plethora of scientific disciplines since… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Central control of body weight and appetite.
CONTEXT Energy balance is critical for survival and health, and control of food intake is an integral part of this process. This… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Diet-induced obesity causes severe but reversible leptin resistance in arcuate melanocortin neurons.
Review
2005
Review
2005
Molecular and anatomical determinants of central leptin resistance
The increasing incidence of obesity in developed nations is an ever-growing challenge to health care, promoting diabetes and… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Neuropeptides and the control of food intake in fish.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The Geography of Civil War
Geographical factors play a critical role in determining how a civil war is fought and who will prevail. Drawing on the PRIO… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Anandamide administration into the ventromedial hypothalamus stimulates appetite in rats
This investigation reports the possible role of the endocannabinoid anandamide in modulating appetitive behaviour. Given that… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Treatment of locally unresectable cancer of the stomach and pancreas: a randomized comparison of 5-fluorouracil alone with radiation plus concurrent and maintenance 5-fluorouracil--an Eastern…
One hundred ninety-one patients with pathologically confirmed, locally unresectable adenocarcinoma of the stomach (57 patients… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Low Levels of Zinc in Hair, Anorexia, Poor Growth, and Hypogeusia in Children
Extract: Concentrations of zinc in hair were determined for 338 apparently normal subjects living in Denver with ages ranging… 
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