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comfort eating

[ kuhm-fert ee-ting ]

noun

  1. emotional eating, especially as a response to sad, depressing, or upsetting feelings or experiences: Compare stress eating ( def ).

    Cake and bread are my go-to for comfort eating when I am down.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of comfort eating1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Dent, 51, is also the restaurant critic for the Guardian and hosts a podcast called Comfort Eating with Grace Dent, was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity in 2023.

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We see a potent metaphor for the fourth sign of the zodiac in the Mono Silver Zeug cutlery set — a shiny smattering of tools for that sacred source of comfort: eating.

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I told myself it was enough exercise to justify all the comfort eating, as well as an opportunity to support local businesses and cure my cabin fever.

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The soundtrack indicates that this is not a case of stress or comfort eating, but an act of joy.

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She has ordered everything from takeaways for comfort eating, to furniture and flights she did not need or had any intention to use.

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