How to eat less without even noticing it

In an effort to reduce the amount of food that's wasted many colleges have

gone trayless. Amazingly, this small nudge has resulted in 20-25% less food

being wasted.

It makes sense right?

Without a tray to pile food on, the amount of food people can carry isn't

nearly as much. And if people want more food, they're forced to get back up

again - often enough of a barrier that makes us think "Do I really need xyz?"

While scientists haven't researched the affect of trays on our eating

behaviors, they have researched the affects of plate sizes. They've proven, for

example, that changing the size of the plate we serve food on, changes the

amount of food that we eat before feeling full. Smaller plates lead to smaller

portions and interestingly - people believe they've eaten more.

Larger plates can make a serving of food appear smaller, and smaller plates can lead us to misjudge that very same quantity of food as being significantly larger.

For example, in a study conducted at a health and fitness camp, campers who

were given larger bowls served and consumed 16% more cereal than those given smaller bowls. Despite the fact that those campers were eating more, their estimates of their cereal consumption were 7% lower than the estimates of the group eating from the smaller bowls.

This means that not only could large plates and bowls cause us to serve and eat

more; it can do so without us noticing and trick us into believing we have

eaten less.

What if we ate healthier foods such as veggies and salad in larger plates and

served less healthy foods in smaller plates to trick ourselves into feeling

satisfied with less?

You might find that you're eating less, and wasting less, without really

noticing it.

-Adam

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Tricks and tips like this certainly can help you eat less. But losing weight isn't as simple as just, "Eating less and exercising more," or else we'd all do it.

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