Hunger goes down incredibly quickly in Easy mode, and enemies spawn rate

Mac and Windows
This is all in Easy, mind you. Our hunger goes down without us even moving, and sometimes will go down more if we eat anything at all. I'm not sure if this was intended to indicate more accurate hunger meters, but it doesn't seem right to have it go down when eating more food.

The enemy spawn rate is immense for some reason, and they do a lot of damage even on Easy mode. The skeletons nearly one shot me in Easy without armor on.