the action of eating an amount of food in order to reduce the amount one has to eat in order to trick one into thinking they are not over-eating or (informal) a slob; especially when the food eaten to deceive is not particularly enjoyable
Person 1: "I poured a lot of chips on my plate so I ate a bunch so that people didn't think there was that much."
Person 2: "Nobody likes deceptive eating, man. That is unhealthy."