Eating definition

Eating means feeding oneself by getting food into the body from a receptacle (such as a plate, cup or table) or by a feeding tube or intravenously.
Eating means feeding oneself by getting food into the body from a receptacle, feeding tube, or intravenously.
Eating. All major tasks of getting food into the body.

Examples of Eating in a sentence

  • Eating sweet foods is considered the main cause of malaria; another cause is stepping barefoot on the urine of a patient with malaria.

  • Eating on the school bus is not allowed without the permission of the driver.


More Definitions of Eating

Eating means the intake of nourishment and fluid, excluding tube feeding and total parenteral (outside the intestines) nutrition. This definition does not include meal preparation.
Eating means the process of putting food and fluids by any means into the digestive system.
Eating means getting food and fluid into the body. This may be done manually, intravenously or by feeding tube. • Toileting means getting to and from and on and off the toilet, and/or performing related personal hygiene.
Eating means the ability to feed oneself by getting food into the body from a receptacle (e.g., plate, cup, table) or by a feeding tube or intravenously.
Eating means feeding by getting food into the body from a receptacle (such as a plate, cup or table) or by a feeding tube or intravenous line.
Eating means putting food and fluids into the digestive system.
Eating means moving food from aplate to the mouth or receiving nutrition via a feeding tube or intravenously but does not mean preparing or cutting food or obtaining liquid nourishment through a straw or cup.