Could be, but from my own (and witnessing some others similar experiences) anecdotical evidence I think it's something else, more complicated.

Maybe related to the large and fast swings in blood sugar energy drinks, or other strongly sweetened sodas produce.

"The munchies" is what comes after, sometimes, but not at all necessarily. Depending on the composition of the stuff, I don't get them at all, and have to remind myself to eat and drink. Sometimes for days after.

What I always do is to ingest some grape sugar like https://dextro-energy.com/en/products/cube-classic before using any THC, no matter which form.

Because when I'm not doing that, I tend to get at least a strong fit of hiccups, but more likely a case of cannabis induced emesis and dizziness.

That OFC sucks.

IF prophylactically countered by using some sort of grape-sugary thing right before THC use, that never ever happens to me. And some others neither.

So what I'm saying is, independently of "the munchies" which come after using anything THCish, it does something to your blood-sugar, fast.

At least for some people, with certain metabolic settings.

Used repeatedly, over longer timeframes, I wouldn't be surprised that this is causing some maladaption, leading to some form diabetes.

Again, indepent of "munchies", or not.

This should be nothing new, because I didn't discover this by myself, but got it as a tip by experienced users, almost 40 years ago.

edit: maybe some form of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoglycemia