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How do we manage CR? The below excerpts include the idea of
using small
spoons or use the least efficient fork also. See
http://tinyurl.com/yad332 for a story on ways to eat less
food with excerpts
shown below. Paste "wansink-b" into
http://tinyurl.com/48x2u to see Dr.
Wansink's papers.

Bowl size, not fast food, key to overeating, expert says
Last Updated: Thursday, October 19, 2006 | 1:17 PM ET
The Canadian Press

Brian Wansink told a joint meeting of the Canadian Diabetes
Association and
the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism that
some people blame
obesity on fast food, the government and food companies, but
the food fight
really begins at home.

Most people overeat because if food is put in front of them,
they'll eat it,
said Wansink, whose team has led companies to introduce
smaller, 100-calorie
portions.

One study involved two groups of graduate students serving
themselves Chex
snacks from either large serving bowls in one room or
smaller serving bowls
in another room at a Super Bowl party. ... it was found that
those who
served themselves from large bowls took portions that
contained 53 per cent
more calories, he said. ... the group that served
themselves from large
bowls also ate 59 per cent more food ...

Another study, conducted at a Chicago movie theatre, showed
that people will
even eat food that's not very good if it's in front of them.
Moviegoers at
the Mel Gibson movie Payback were given buckets of popcorn -
either freshly
popped or five days old and rancid. "When people ate it, it
didn't even
crunch, it sort of squeaked," he said as he described the
old popcorn,
eliciting groans and laughter from his audience. Much of
the fresh popcorn
was quickly gobbled up before the credits finished running
before the movie,
he said. As for the recipients of the old popcorn, they
would taste it, put
it down, wait a few minutes, then try again.

Diet tips

Wansink also said his research has shown that people can
reduce their intake
by replacing wide, short drinking glasses with tall narrower
ones, and using
smaller serving spoons.

In addition, he said, plates should be filled before they're
served at the
table and serving bowls should be kept off the table to
avoid mindless
refilling.

Buffet-style restaurants could put salads out in smaller
bowls - and that
would encourage people to take smaller portions, she said.

And for at-home buffets on occasions such as Thanksgiving,
Zeiler said the
hosts could use two small bowls for mashed potatoes, rather
than one huge
bowl.