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- noun One who
eats too much; particularly one who does so regularly.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I identified her as an undereater/overeater, as many high-achievement professionals are.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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Yet we continue to blame the overeater for his or her lack of will power.
Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: Overeating Flare-Ups: Are They the Cause of Chronic Obesity? PhD Judith J. Wurtman 2012
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The emotional overeater must be helped so that eating provides adequate nutrition, encouraged to use exercise to rid the body of the physical tension caused by the stress and told how to eat to diminish the emotional pain.
Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: Overeating Flare-Ups: Are They the Cause of Chronic Obesity? PhD Judith J. Wurtman 2012
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I identified her as an undereater/overeater, as many high-achievement professionals are.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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I identified her as an undereater/overeater, as many high-achievement professionals are.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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Yet we continue to blame the overeater for his or her lack of will power.
Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: Overeating Flare-Ups: Are They the Cause of Chronic Obesity? PhD Judith J. Wurtman 2012
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I identified her as an undereater/overeater, as many high-achievement professionals are.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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The emotional overeater must be helped so that eating provides adequate nutrition, encouraged to use exercise to rid the body of the physical tension caused by the stress and told how to eat to diminish the emotional pain.
Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: Overeating Flare-Ups: Are They the Cause of Chronic Obesity? PhD Judith J. Wurtman 2012
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I identified her as an undereater/overeater, as many high-achievement professionals are.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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Not slavishly or fanatically (as a compulsive overeater with a daily reprieve, I don't do well with fads and tangents).
Victoria Moran: Veg and the City: The Life Changing Effects of a Raw Food Diet 2010
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