"eat about" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It means to eat approximately or roughly. Example: "I usually eat about two slices of pizza for dinner."
They eat about six times a day".
Canadians eat about seven times as many doughnuts per capita.
Ms. Hamerschlag points out that American children eat about four times, and American men eat about double, the recommended amount of protein.
AMERICANS and Europeans each eat about 46 pounds of apples every year.
A 9-year-old should eat about 14 grams of fiber daily.
Americans eat about 11 pounds of chocolate per person each year.
Make some at home, and then eat about 30 in quick succession until you hate food and hate yourself.
Each sea otter each eat about 35% of their body weight per day.
Additionally, we go out to eat about once a week so I really struggled there.
The platypus needs to eat about 20% of its own weight each day, which requires it to spend an average of 12 hours daily looking for food.
These succulent crustaceans are the most popular seafood in the U.S. Per person, we eat about 4.1 pounds per year.
