overeat
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The results showed that people who tended to overeat because food looked or smelled appealing were more likely to see long term benefits from the drugs.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026
As millions of people turned to the medications to lose weight, physicians and researchers started to hear that the lack of desire to overeat extended to drinking.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
Ultra-processed foods are high in sodium, added sugar, saturated fats and chemicals that are designed to make the food easy and pleasurable to eat and overeat, Chiu said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
This is what UK scientists have discovered - identifying a genetic source of many labradors' - and some people's - tendency to overeat.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
He forgot Lavinia Lyte as he thought of the wonderful things it was her privilege to overeat if she wished.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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Now, he said, restaurants with vegetarian menus are so good that he often overeats.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2021
It’s a day where everyone overeats — that’s not my thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2019
Betsy overeats, has panic attacks, resents her father and misses her mother, dead from cancer like Edwards’s wife, Elizabeth.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2017
Nikki overeats whenever she is upset, at one point devouring an entire fruit pie with her hands.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2011
Whenever he overeats himself he sends for me; and pays liberally.
From Blind Love by Collins, Wilkie
Members of the grounds crew believe the birds - who flew away after about 10 minutes - overate some fresh, high-quality grass seed.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
Members of the grounds crew believe the birds — who flew away after about 10 minutes — overate some fresh, high-quality grass seed.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2019
Theoretically, those using the monitors might have been so inspired to exercise that they moved a lot, developed large appetites, and overate, blunting any weight loss from the workouts, he says.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2016
Women did say, however, that they felt “rushed” and like they overate when they were in the company of a man, even though the researchers found no evidence that they actually had.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2015
At Dessie’s they were women who went to the toilet and overate and scratched and farted.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Because satiety signals take time to travel from the stomach to the brain, by the time people realize they’re full, these high-density foods all but ensure they’ve already substantially overeaten.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2023
There are so many variations of the cheap, convenient food that’s engineered to be overeaten that if you tax some, others will take up the slack.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
Consumers may blame themselves for overindulging in these foods, but what if it is in the nature of these products to be overeaten?
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2020
Peterson said the park’s balsam fir trees, the preferred food for moose during winter, are being overeaten.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2017
Added to all this, Goliath, the miniature Belgian griffon, having probably overeaten himself, had complicated pains inside, and the callous vet. could or would not come round till the evening.
From The Rough Road by Locke, William John
The results showed that weight gain was not caused by "overeating," but by a reduction in energy expenditure.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026
Together, many experts argue, these factors create constant cues and pressures toward overeating and inactivity, meaning even highly motivated individuals struggle to maintain a healthy weight.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 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
“I came to understand that overeating doesn’t cause obesity. Obesity causes overeating,” she told the outlet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
I also had a habit of overeating when I was depressed or frustrated, which was most of the time.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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