Word: overeat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...supper, though, now I'm partial to the baked stuffed flounder with newburg sauce, but when you finally get a meal you can stomach, the tendency is to overeat and...plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief...
Then again, no need to overeat at this meal, after last night's generous serving of four fried shrimp to every hungry student--and two more for anyone who still had room. Good eating is the byword at Harvard...
Father's Faith. Johnny was, in fact, a straight shooter in every way. An elder in the Mormon Church, he did not smoke, drink, overeat or stay up late (and still doesn't today). His lone passion besides golf was fishing and his idea of a hot time was shooting pool with Spiro Agnew at Frank Sinatra's place in Palm Springs. "There's really nothing wrong with messing around," Johnny said, "if that's what you like. But if you don't do it, you certainly have the advantage." He insisted that...
This approach turns off some sophisticates, but it is a demonstrable success. Some 3,000,000 fatties over the past 81 years have paid to attend one or more sessions; fees now are about $4 to register and $3 for each of 16 weekly classes. Many of those attending overeat out of loneliness and find the camaraderie and understanding of the weekly classes a more important aid to dieting than the injunctions to weigh all their food. Says Mrs. Nidetch: "Compulsive eating is an emotional problem, and we use an emotional approach to its solution...