I think the charitable interpretation is that they're drawing a distinction between physical hunger and emotional hunger. I "feel" like I could go for a bacon

I think the charitable interpretation is that they're drawing a distinction between physical hunger and emotional hunger. I "feel" like I could go for a bacon cheeseburger basically 24s hours today. I feel like I could eat another right after I finished the first. All of that is emotional. That is pretty different than symptoms true physical hunger. My stomach starts to grumble after 24 hours without food. After about 48 hours I feel lethargic and cognitively disordered. I think that a majority of Americans confuse the two because it has been years or even decades since they actually experienced the symptoms of insufficient calorie intake