"desire to eat" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express a strong longing or craving for food. For example, "I have an insatiable desire to eat."
"It's driven by people's desire to eat more healthy".
The patients' desire to eat, by contrast, was intact.
After dinner, capsaicin prevents the effects of the negative energy balance on desire to eat.
Participants rated hunger, fullness and desire to eat throughout the study period.
There were significant correlations between emotional responses to and desire to eat HS foods.
Moreover, late-luteal phase irritability and impulsivity scores were associated with desire to eat HS foods.
Salad lowered participants desire to eat and increased fullness compared to garlic bread and water preloads.
Desire to eat for HSF foods did not differ significantly across the menstrual cycle between groups.
When the salad was eaten satiety increased and hunger and desire to eat (DTE) decreased.
Hunger, fullness, desire to eat and prospective consumption ratings were not significantly different between treatments.
At designated times, subjects also rated perceived hunger, satiety, desire to eat, thirst and meal palatability on visual analogue scales.
