To eat less, leave the pasta serving bowl on the stove rather than putting it on the table. This simple strategy--keeping serving dishes out of sight--reduced the number of times a person refilled his or her plate, according to research presented at this week’s Experimental Biology conference in Anaheim, Calif.
The study of 78 people, called "Serve Here; Eat There," was led by food psychologist Brian Wansink, director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab.
"Quite simply, it is a case of 'out of sight, out of mind,'" said Wansink, the author of “Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think.” "When we kept the serving dishes off the table, people ate 20 percent fewer calories. Men ate close to 29 percent less."
The same strategy can be used to help increase the consumption of healthier foods, Wansink said.
"If fruits and vegetables are kept in plain sight, we'll be much more likely to choose them, rather than a piece of cake hidden in the refrigerator," he said.
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