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Health & Fitness

Research Shows Easy Way to Cut Calories

Cutting calories may be just as much about changing our eating props and environments.

 

People who use smaller plates and bowls tend to eat less because the same portion sizes look bigger on/in smaller plates/bowls.

This interesting finding comes from Cornell University Professor Brian Wansink’s Food and Brand Lab.  Learn more about eating behavior research from the Food and Brand Lab by taking Learning Life’s five-question food psychology quiz at:

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http://letlearninglive.org/quiz/food-psychology/

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