– Why is it that humans can survive for weeks without food, but if the body goes without food for just a few hours people start to feel uncomfortably hungry?

Question

– Why is it that humans can survive for weeks without food, but if the body goes without food for just a few hours people start to feel uncomfortably hungry?

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Answer 1

Feeding is one of the four fundamental F’s that drive a great deal of animal behavior. Feeding, fleeing, fighting, and reproducing.

Evolution has guven us powerful urges for all four of these, but it has also provided us the ability to store energy for lean times.