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

That original study showed that diets made up entirely of ultra-processed foods lead to overeating and weight gain.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 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

So if the call of junk food leads to overeating and too much obesity, what does too much interaction with our device lead to?

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel