"food noise" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: By a metaphor in which mental preoccupation is portrayed as noise inside one's head that cannot be turned off, somewhat like an earworm. Widely used since the early 2020s, when indications for using the GLP-1 receptor agonist medication class expanded beyond diabetes treatment into weight control for anyone with or without diabetes; not in widespread use before that. Attested since 2007. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} food noise (uncountable)
  1. (medicine, nutrition, idiomatic, figurative) A mental preoccupation with food that is differentiable from hunger and from cravings but tends to urge people to overeat. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Nutrition
    Sense id: en-food_noise-en-noun-3L58sM7Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: medicine, sciences
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          "ref": "2007, Joy Bauer, Prevention's 3-2-1 Weight Loss Plan: Eat Your Favorite Foods to Cut Cravings, Improve Energy, and Lose Weight, Rodale Press, →ISBN, page 98:",
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