Match the following terms with their definitions.

A. Appetite
B. Hormone
C. Obesity
D. Satiety
E. Hunger


A. Psychological (external) influences that encourage us to find and eat food
B. Compound secreted into the bloodstream that acts to control the function of distant cells
C. A condition characterized by excess body fat
D. State in which there is no longer a desire to eat; a feeling of satisfaction
E. Physiological (internal) drive to find and eat food, mostly regulated by innate cues to eating

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