| LC control no. | sh2012003178 |
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| Topical heading | Hyperphagia |
| Variant(s) | Overeating (Eating disorder) Polyphagia |
| See also | Eating disorders |
| Found in | Work cat.: Stoeckel, L.E. Functional magnetic resonance imaging of reward system functioning in obese women, 2008: p. 138 (Conclusions. ... These results strongly support a hypothesis based on behavioral studies which proposes that hyperphagia in obese individuals is triggered by the greater potency of stimuli associated with high-calorie foods via exaggerated reactivity of the brain's reward system) American Heritage medical dictionary, 2007 (Hyperphagia -- Abnormally increased appetite for and consumption of food thought to be associated with a lesion or injury in the hypothalamus) MeSH browser, Aug. 8, 2012 (Hyperphagia -- Ingestion of a greater than optimal quantity of food. MeSH UF: Overeating) Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary, 2007 (polyphagia -- excessive eating; gluttony ... Called also hyperphagia) PDR medical dictionary, 2006 (Hyperphagia -- Gluttony; overeating. Polyphagia -- Excessive eating; gluttony) Web. 3 (hyperphagia -- abnormally increased desire for food frequently resulting from injury to the hypothalamus; compare polyphagia. Polyphagia -- excessive appetite or voracious eating; bulimia) |
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