Hunger, food, eating tag?

Question

I feel as if we should have a tag for questions related to hunger, food, and eating. I.e., why do we like certain foods? What is the effect of food on us? How to regulate food intake? etc.

We do have a perception tag but it feels a bit general to me.

Some Existing Questions

• What is the reward mechanism for eating spicy foods?
• https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/4046/what-are-the-effects-of-eating-huge-amounts-of-food-in-short-periods-of-time-on
• Have there been any studies which report a positive correlation between eating certain foods and reported sleep disturbances?
• What happens when a person "imagines" how food could taste like just from looking at it?
• Does introducing an element of play, hunt, or competition make feeding more rewarding?

Question

• Do people think we need such a tag?
• If so, what should the tag be?

Answer 1

feeding would be the most general in my mind, as it would lasso in animal behaviors as well.

Answer 2

The problem I see is that this area has basically two aspects: the food and the intake of food. Both lead to different perspectives, some of which have a common field, some of which don't. For example the clinical field of eating related disorders often does not deal with food at all, because the qualities of the food play no role in it. A tag food would exclude this area of study. The same is true for the neurocognitive field of how the chemicals in certain foods affect cognitive processes. A tag eating would be inappropriate for this field of study, because the actual eating lies outside the interest of such questions. But of course food and eating are still related outside such specialized research. So a tag for both eating and food makes perfect sense.

Unfortunately the English language lacks a word that encompasses both aspects, so I would cast my vote for a tag food-and-eating or eating-and-food. There is no misunderstanding in what this tag is about.

Hunger, in my opinion, is a topic on a lower level (like taste, smell, nutritional value, fasting, etc.) and does not need extra mention in the tag name.

Answer 3

I think the main thing is that we have such a tag.

My feeling that of the three (hunger, eating, and food), that a "food" tag would be most appropriate as it is probably the most relevant aspect. Many questions might pertain to the effect or desire for particular foods. Eating is arguably more concerned with the process of consumption, and hunger relates more to the motivation.