Eating and drinking about 3x faster since patch
 

Using a 200 forage druid and ranger, I now eat or drink every foraged item instead of every 3rd items as before the patch. Patch notes don't really indicate that consumption was going up, just a sync issue was being repaired.

Halflings should consume food/drink faster than other races.

-Mcoy

Faster than ogres and trolls lol? That isnt a reasoned response by far. It has to be a joke. But jokes aside, I cant say that I have experienced the same increase in eating rate.

Bertox has probably blessed your character with a worm or thyroid condition.