Researcher Links Obesity, Food Portions

[futilitarian_]

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - With self-refilling bowls of soup and jumbo buckets of stale popcorn, professor Brian Wansink has identified one culprit for U.S. obesity: excessive food portions.Man, I wish I had thought of that. Glad to see my tax dollars are going to research projects such as this one

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[incendiarymind]

The point of the study was not that eating more makes you fat. The point of the study was that people will eat larger portions if they are given to them. It's not crucial research, but it's hardly pointless. It's applicable to food portioning at fast food restaurants, for example (and all of those "super size" things).

The moral of the story is, "don't eat everything on your plate, it will just make you fat, your mother was wrong."

But, I do find it interesting that popcorn was used. We in Illinois love our popcorn (new official state snack as of today).

[futilitarian_]

Don't undermine me by actually reading the article. Most people on my friends list will just read the entry, not view the link.

Stop being such a rebel...

[incendiarymind]

Look away from the curtain people, the Wizard of Oz is over here as this giant head. :)

Can't help it, I'm a rebel in all aspects of life... el lobo solo! :)

[futilitarian_]

Yo no hablo Espanol...

[baha_mama]

Or we'll read the comment and skip the link.

Nice new icon.