"Hyperphagia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Ingestion of a greater than optimal quantity of food.
| Descriptor ID |
D006963
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.821.645
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hyperphagia".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Hyperphagia".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hyperphagia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hyperphagia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hyperphagia" by people in Profiles.
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Pomeroy J, Mallya UG, Yang M, Huber C, Greatsinger A, Hagopian E, Haqq AM. Psychometric evaluation of novel hyperphagia questionnaires in a real-world setting for patients with a rare MC4R pathway disease. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2025 Aug 22; 20(1):452.
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Pomeroy J, Okorie U, Richardson JG, Faucher A, Ionescu-Ittu R, Vekeman F, Huber C, Haws RM. Clinical burden of hyperphagia, obesity and health outcomes in paediatric individuals with Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A CRIBBS data analysis. Pediatr Obes. 2025 Sep; 20(9):e70026.
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Forsythe E, Mallya UG, Yang M, Huber C, Cala ML, Greatsinger A, Hagopian E, Pomeroy J, Haqq AM. Burden of hyperphagia and obesity in Bardet-Biedl syndrome: a multicountry survey. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2023 07 07; 18(1):182.
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Forsythe E, Mallya UG, Yang M, Huber C, Cala ML, Greatsinger A, Hagopian E, Pomeroy J, Haqq AM. Caregiver burden in Bardet-Biedl syndrome: findings from the CARE-BBS study. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2023 07 07; 18(1):181.
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Pomeroy J, Offenwanger KM, Timmler T. Diabetes mellitus in Bardet Biedl syndrome. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2023 02 01; 30(1):27-31.
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Desai M, Ross MG. Maternal-infant nutrition and development programming of offspring appetite and obesity. Nutr Rev. 2020 12 01; 78(Suppl 2):25-31.
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Desai M, Ferrini MG, Han G, Narwani K, Ross MG. Maternal High Fat Diet Programs Male Mice Offspring Hyperphagia and Obesity: Mechanism of Increased Appetite Neurons via Altered Neurogenic Factors and Nutrient Sensor AMPK. Nutrients. 2020 Oct 29; 12(11).
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Jones J, Kauffman BY, Rosenfield D, Smits JAJ, Zvolensky MJ. Emotion dysregulation and body mass index: The explanatory role of emotional eating among adult smokers. Eat Behav. 2019 04; 33:97-101.
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Desai M, Han G, Ross MG. Programmed hyperphagia in offspring of obese dams: Altered expression of hypothalamic nutrient sensors, neurogenic factors and epigenetic modulators. Appetite. 2016 Apr 01; 99:193-199.
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Desai M, Li T, Han G, Ross MG. Programmed hyperphagia secondary to increased hypothalamic SIRT1. Brain Res. 2014 Nov 17; 1589:26-36.