In a message dated 10/22/2002 1:05:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

> What is it?  Why is it that we can
> eat dinner at 6:00 pm and be STARVED at 9:00 pm?  Or, conversely, eat
> dinner at 6:00, and not *feel* hungry until 9:00 the next morning?  Why
> is it that some babies do not seem to sense hunger -- and don't seem to
> be interested in eating....they might suck, but the type of
> sucking is
> the "hanging out" variety, not the breastFEEDING variety?

I wonder if it isn't tied into our sense of smell. I notice that when I am stuffy and having nasal congestion or a cold that I "feel" hungry less often. Many of the over-swaddled babies also tend to be a little stuffy...
Can it be that some of us, who do not have as acute a sense of smell, are more susceptible to not feeling hunger?
I can go 12 or 14 without eating and not notice that I am hungry until I smell food.....
Just some thoughts,
Laura Wright
Mississippi

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