Food noise

Not a clinical term, but a strikingly consistent one. People describe a constant internal negotiation about the next meal — distinct from physical hunger, present even when full — and describe it falling silent within days of starting a GLP-1 agonist.

The phrase circulated in patient communities for years before reaching a mass audience in 2024. Researchers now take it seriously as a description of the reward-pathway effects of these drugs, rather than dismissing it as a side note to appetite suppression.