Leave the dishes.If you're trying not to overeat o·ver·eat v. To eat to excess, especially habitually. , don't be so quick to whisk dirty dishes from the table. At an all-you-can-eat chicken wing buffet A buffet is a meal serving system where patrons serve themselves. It is a popular method of feeding large numbers of people with minimal staff. The term is also used to describe a sideboard, an antique form of furniture which was sometimes used to offer the dishes of a buffet meal in a sports bar, researchers randomly assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. 50 graduate students to sit at 21 tables that were either bussed (waiters removed leftover chicken bones) or unbussed (bones were left on the table). The 31 students at bussed tables ate an average of 7 wings, while the 19 at unbussed tables averaged 5 1/2 wings. The unbussed chicken bones had more impact on men than women. What to do: Keep dirty dishes, empty food containers, and similar cues in sight, so you won't forget how much you've consumed. Perceptual per·cep·tu·al adj. Of, based on, or involving perception. and Motor Skills 104: 273, 2007. |
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