Appetite

Appetite is a person’s desire to eat food. It is distinct from hunger, which is the body’s biological response to a lack of food. A person can have an appetite even if their body is not showing signs of hunger, and vice versa.

A person’s appetite can rise and fall due to a wide range of factors, sometimes causing people to eat less or more than their body needs.

In this article, we look at appetite in more detail, including the factors that can affect it, how to increase or decrease it, and when to see a doctor. Appetite is a person’s general desire to eat food. A person’s appetite might dictate how much food they want to eat, as well as the type of food they feel like eating.