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eating
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thumb|288px|Amandines de Provence, poster by Leonetto Cappiello, 1900, which shows a woman eating almond cookies
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Research
203,243 papers- How emotions affect eating: a five-way model.ReviewAppetite · 2008Macht MDOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2007.07.002
- Stress and eating behaviours in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Health psychology review · 2022Hill D, Conner M, Clancy F et al.DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2021.1923406
- Depression and emotional eating in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Appetite · 2024Muha J, Schumacher A, Campisi SC et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107511
- Intuitive eating and its psychological correlates: A meta-analysis.ReviewThe International journal of eating disorders · 2021Linardon J, Tylka TL, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz MDOI: 10.1002/eat.23509
- A structured literature review on the role of mindfulness, mindful eating and intuitive eating in changing eating behaviours: effectiveness and associated potential mechanisms.ReviewNutrition research reviews · 2017Warren JM, Smith N, Ashwell MDOI: 10.1017/S0954422417000154
- Interactions between emotions and eating behaviors: Main issues, neuroimaging contributions, and innovative preventive or corrective strategies.ReviewReviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2022Godet A, Fortier A, Bannier E et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11154-021-09700-x
- Mindfulness meditation as an intervention for binge eating, emotional eating, and weight loss: a systematic review.Eating behaviors · 2014Katterman SN, Kleinman BM, Hood MM et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.01.005
- The Self-Control of Eating.ReviewAnnual review of psychology · 2025Mann T, Ward ADOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-012424-035404
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- Eating practices among humans
- Development in humans
- Eating positions
- Compulsive overeating
- Hunger and satiety
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- Role of the brain
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thumb|288px|Amandines de Provence, poster by Leonetto Cappiello, 1900, which shows a woman eating almond cookies
Eating (also known as consuming) is the ingestion of food. In biology, this is typically done to provide a heterotrophic organism with energy and nutrients and to allow for growth. Animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive – carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, omnivores consume a mixture of both plant and animal matter, and detritivores eat detritus. Fungi digest organic matter outside their bodies as opposed to animals that digest their food inside their bodies.
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