Structured Summary
Abstract
Ingestion of a greater than optimal quantity of food.
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Overeating
- Polyphagia
- Polyphagias
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31 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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History Note
89(81); was see under APPETITE DISORDERS 1981-88
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- Appetite Disorders (1966-1980)
- Eating (1966-1980)
- Feeding Behavior (1969-1980)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hyperphagia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006963. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006963
- Hyperphagia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphagia
- Hyperphagia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q653267