Hunger bar steadily increases while eating

Hi, have you ever been a situation where you were being chased by zombies like 3 blocks away from you at all times, or perhaps a baby zombie/spider? Well if you have you probably have noticed the problem with eating food: IT TAKES TOO LONG! Well, I suggest the way to solve this would be to gain your hunger points while you're eating the food instead of receiving the hunger points after finishing your food. For example, say you were eating a cooked porkchop which gives you +8 hunger points, with my idea in play, you would gain +1 hunger point every 0.2 seconds (because it normally takes about 1.6 seconds to finish food with the exception of dried kelp). Also to make sure that this mechanic doesn't break the game, as soon as you let go of the eating button the food item is considered used. Imagining this mechanic in play would also make the game feel smoother with eating, share your thoughts in the comments though.