Your hunger is controlled by 2 hormones: leptin and ghrelin. Leptin decreases your appetite and communicates to the brain the you’re full. Conversely, ghrelin increases your appetite and communicates to the brain that you’re hungry.

When you’re sleep deprived, leptin levels drop and ghrelin levels rise, making you feel hungrier than usual.

While we will admit it is clever joke, the condition is not called “insom-nom-nom-nom-nom-nia.”

Spiegel, Karine, et al. “Brief communication: sleep curtailment in healthy young men is associated with decreased leptin levels, elevated ghrelin levels, and increased hunger and appetite.” Annals of internal medicine 141.11 (2004): 846-850.