Definition of comfort eating in English:
comfort eating
nounˈkʌmfət ˌiːtɪŋˈkəmfərt ˌidɪŋ
mass nounEating to make oneself feel happier, rather than to satisfy hunger.
Example sentencesExamples
- I can't find the will power and my comfort eating has returned.
- Previous studies have linked stress with comfort eating.
- Others may be miserable, prone to comfort eating.
- I had never seen comfort eating of such concentrated, panoramic intensity.
- She was sceptical at first, but realised she had nothing to lose - except several stones piled on during years of comfort eating.
- Mr Hood said his comfort eating went on for eight years until an encounter at a Millennium Eve party made him realise he had to change.
- The weight started going on when she started university and she found herself comfort eating.
- My main problem has been comfort eating.
- They become uninterested in sex and turn to comfort eating.
- There was no vocabulary for this kind of thing back then - comfort eating, rewarding yourself with food etc.
- I'm off to find food and do some serious comfort eating.
- Comfort shopping is like comfort eating.
- In Orbach's latest book, On Eating, she aims to help people break destructive patterns such as dieting, comfort eating and bingeing.
- "Thanks," she sighed, grabbing several and they both took to comfort eating.
- It can lead to comfort eating and loss of weight control.
- The concept of "comfort eating" comes into its own in autumn.
- The downside to such foresight is that many girls undergo a variation in size as a result of dieting, comfort eating and general nervous indisposition.
- Stress can affect self esteem and lead to comfort eating and weight gain.
- Also, a little bit of self-pitying comfort eating probably wouldn't go amiss either, Nicole.
- The accident sent Vaught into years of depression and comfort eating.
Definition of comfort eating in US English:
comfort eating
nounˈkəmfərt ˌidɪŋˈkəmfərt ˌēdiNG
Eating to make oneself feel happier, rather than to satisfy hunger.
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm off to find food and do some serious comfort eating.
- My main problem has been comfort eating.
- There was no vocabulary for this kind of thing back then - comfort eating, rewarding yourself with food etc.
- I had never seen comfort eating of such concentrated, panoramic intensity.
- The accident sent Vaught into years of depression and comfort eating.
- She was sceptical at first, but realised she had nothing to lose - except several stones piled on during years of comfort eating.
- Also, a little bit of self-pitying comfort eating probably wouldn't go amiss either, Nicole.
- I can't find the will power and my comfort eating has returned.
- "Thanks," she sighed, grabbing several and they both took to comfort eating.
- The concept of "comfort eating" comes into its own in autumn.
- Comfort shopping is like comfort eating.
- Others may be miserable, prone to comfort eating.
- The downside to such foresight is that many girls undergo a variation in size as a result of dieting, comfort eating and general nervous indisposition.
- The weight started going on when she started university and she found herself comfort eating.
- Stress can affect self esteem and lead to comfort eating and weight gain.
- In Orbach's latest book, On Eating, she aims to help people break destructive patterns such as dieting, comfort eating and bingeing.
- It can lead to comfort eating and loss of weight control.
- They become uninterested in sex and turn to comfort eating.
- Previous studies have linked stress with comfort eating.
- Mr Hood said his comfort eating went on for eight years until an encounter at a Millennium Eve party made him realise he had to change.