hunger
state in which a person, for a sustained period, is unable to eat sufficient food to meet basic nutritional needs
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Summary
hunger is a physical fitness[1]. hunger draws 3,148 Wikipedia views per month (physical fitness category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: sensation[3], cause of death[4], health risk[5]
- Follows: hunger[6]
- Followed by: starvation[7]
- Subclass of: nutritional status[8]
- Commons category: Hunger[9]
- Opposite of: satiety[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hunger[11]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13]
- Has effect: eating[14]
- Measurement scale: Global Hunger Index[15]
- Different from: Glad[16], The Hunger[17], starvation[18], hunger[19], food noise[20], food addiction[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]
- Relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator: Sustainable Development Goal 2[23]
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Influence
Things named for hunger include Hunger Plan[24], a war crime[25].
Why It Matters
hunger has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] hunger is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]
Entities named for hunger include Hunger Plan[24], a war crime[25].