overeating

Example Sentences

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When you eat more vegetables “you increase your fiber, you feel full longer, and that helps mitigate the overeating from when you rely on ultraprocessed foods,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

A mutation in this gene, which encourages overeating and means we feel less full, is carried by roughly a fifth of the global population.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

“This type of obsessive food-related thinking can override hunger cues and lead to patterns of overeating, undereating or emotional eating — especially for people who are overweight,” Tufts said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

These differences could be part of a feedback loop that promotes overeating and food addiction.

From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2025

As a result of overeating, Templeton grew bigger and fatter than any rat you ever saw.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White