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Mindless Eating: The Science of Overeating

I watched a CNN special hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta.  It was extremely telling.  I was interested in this special because I have always been curious about the fact that as a country we are getting fatter and unhealthier.  Despite the fact that there is a plethora of information about diet and nutrition in this country.   As I suspected, it has as much to do with our environment, our culture and myriad of other influences, such as inherited eating habits from our family.

The article talked about many things, but there were some points made in this show that I think are worth mentioning.  These are just a few:

  • Eating at buffets will cause you to eat more.
  • The bigger the plate, the more you will eat.
  • Eating in front of the TV, in the car or with friends will cause you to eat more

The show revolved around the work of Professor Brian Wansink of Cornell Univeristy’s Food and Brand Lab.  Professor Wansink wrote a book called Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
, which focuses on why we overeat.  The two key components into why we overeat are visibility and convenience.  In other words, if you have easy access to food and can see it, you will eat it.  I can personally attest to this myself.  When we have food in the house that is there for me to see I will tend to eat more than I would otherwise.  Now I never like to provide information like this without solutions or ideas that can help you be healthy.  Here are some things suggested by Professor Wansink:

  • Use smaller plates and drinking glasses.
  • Avoid eating at buffets
  • Eat at a table and do not place food on table in serving containers
  • Do not supersize when you eat at fast food establishments
  • Place healthy food choices in your sight view

My Two Cents: I can personally attest to the ideas posited by Professor Wansink and I have gotten rid of all of our big plates and glasses, except for our fine china (I would need a lawyer and surgeon after my wife got through with me, if I did that).  Also I realize that not using large serving utensils also causes people not to each as much as they would normally.  Finally, as Americans we tend to buy food in bulk.   I believe this also contributes to our overeating.  Conversely, Europeans tend not to buy in bulk as a habit.  They tend to buy their food daily.  I believe this is why Europeans tend not to struggle with obesity as much as we do in America.  So try not buying two weeks worth of groceries.  At the most buy weekly. Here is my challenge.

Try some of the ideas proposed here and send me comments and suggestions you think would be beneficial with respect to addressing overeating.  Remember!! Get Healthy!!  Your life depends on it!!

If you would like to learn more about what was revealed in the special click this link.

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This post was written by admin on December 16, 2008

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