Eating that occurs automatically and routinely, often triggered by environmental cues rather than hunger, and carried out with little conscious thought.
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The Center for Nutritional Psychology. (2025). Habitual Eating. In Encyclopedia of Nutritional Psychology. The Center for Nutritional Psychology.
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