Hungry is your body telling you it's time to eat. Starvation is when you burn more energy than you take in, and after a short period of your body burning up stored sugars (glycogen) it starts to harvest nutrients from your fat, muscles and organs. read more
The Starving child would probably love to feel what being hungry is like. There's a huge gap between the two. Unfortunately, we equate hunger to be an hour after dinner and we're feeling a little "peckish". read more
There's a difference between being chronically hungry and poor, and never getting sufficient or adequate food in one's diet such as the case in some undeveloped countries. This is different from out and out starvation. Many undeveloped countries have chronically poor ,where food is never plentiful. read more
Mental sluggishness may result from starvation. Hunger is the body's natural urge to replenish itself with food. read more