diff --git a/data/json/snippets/health_msgs.json b/data/json/snippets/health_msgs.json
index 9ade8a81653f6..a70ea9e0db995 100644
--- a/data/json/snippets/health_msgs.json
+++ b/data/json/snippets/health_msgs.json
@@ -148,5 +148,45 @@
     "type": "snippet",
     "category": "health_horrible",
     "text": "Awareness seems to only come with a battle… and your body seem to be on its side."
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "snippet",
+    "category": "empty_starving",
+    "text": "You're too weak to be hungry anymore.  Is this what starving to death feels like?"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "snippet",
+    "category": "starving",
+    "text": "Even though you've eaten not too long ago you still feel drained of energy.  It will take more than that to get you back up."
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "snippet",
+    "category": "empty_emaciated",
+    "text": "Your empty stomach gnaws at you.  You really need something to eat."
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "snippet",
+    "category": "emaciated",
+    "text": "You are EMACIATED!"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "snippet",
+    "category": "empty_malnutrition",
+    "text": "You feel weak due to malnutrition."
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "snippet",
+    "category": "malnutrition",
+    "text": "Despite having something in your stomach, you still feel like you haven't eaten in days…"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "snippet",
+    "category": "empty_low_cal",
+    "text": "You've lost quite a bit of weight recently.  You might want to eat richer food."
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "snippet",
+    "category": "low_cal",
+    "text": "You feel that your body needs more nutritious food."
   }
 ]
diff --git a/src/character.cpp b/src/character.cpp
index aa7b4a99a2be7..483e2bc178cd8 100644
--- a/src/character.cpp
+++ b/src/character.cpp
@@ -4128,29 +4128,33 @@ void Character::check_needs_extremes()
             hp_cur[hp_torso] = 0;
         } else {
             if( calendar::once_every( 1_hours ) ) {
-                std::string message;
+                std::string category;
                 if( stomach.contains() <= stomach.capacity( *this ) / 4 ) {
                     if( get_kcal_percent() < 0.1f ) {
-                        message = _( "Food…" );
+                        category = "starving";
                     } else if( get_kcal_percent() < 0.25f ) {
-                        message = _( "Due to insufficient nutrition, your body is suffering from starvation." );
+                        category = "emaciated";
                     } else if( get_kcal_percent() < 0.5f ) {
-                        message = _( "Despite having something in your stomach, you still feel like you haven't eaten in days…" );
+                        category = "malnutrition";
                     } else if( get_kcal_percent() < 0.8f ) {
-                        message = _( "Your stomach feels so empty…" );
+                        category = "low_cal";
                     }
                 } else {
                     if( get_kcal_percent() < 0.1f ) {
-                        message = _( "Food…" );
+                        category = "empty_starving";
                     } else if( get_kcal_percent() < 0.25f ) {
-                        message = _( "You are EMACIATED!" );
+                        category = "empty_emaciated";
                     } else if( get_kcal_percent() < 0.5f ) {
-                        message = _( "You feel weak due to malnutrition." );
+                        category = "empty_malnutrition";
                     } else if( get_kcal_percent() < 0.8f ) {
-                        message = _( "You feel that your body needs more nutritious food." );
+                        category = "empty_low_cal";
                     }
                 }
-                add_msg_if_player( m_warning, message );
+                if( !category.empty() ) {
+                    const translation message = SNIPPET.random_from_category( category ).value_or( translation() );
+                    add_msg_if_player( m_warning, message );
+                }
+
             }
         }
     }