Term Name: eating behavior
Synonyms: eating behaviour
Definition: The specific behavior of an organism relating to the intake of food, any substance (usually solid) that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0042755]   QuickGO   AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: feeding behavior
has subtype: pharyngeal pumping reduction of food intake in response to dietary excess
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of eating behavior
positively regulated by: positive regulation of eating behavior
regulated by: regulation of eating behavior