[Anders]

Originally Posted by The Colonel

Isn't there a bit in Biotech about more frequent meals for smaller critters? Sort of like hummingbird syndrome - they eat smaller amounts, more often - but probably require more energy by mass due to the whole surface area:volume thing to maintain body temperature...

Metabolic rate scales as mass to the 3/4th power, but there's some inter-species variability. On the other hand, you have to remember that the volume of the stomach varies as mass to the third power. Cold-blooded creatures have about 1/8th the Basal Metabolic Rate of warm-blooded creatures, a D&D kobold would eat much less than a Halfling.