See more, eat more. (Quick Studies).The larger the serving size, the more you're likely to eat, says a new study from Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University, main campus at University Park, State College; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855, opened 1859 as Farmers' High School. . Researchers told 51 men and women in their 20s to eat as much macaroni macaroni: see pasta. and cheese as they wanted at a no-cost lunch. It didn't matter if they were male or female or overweight or trim. When the portions (either on their plates or on a serving dish) were large (35 ounces), on average they ate about 30 percent more calories than when the portions were smaller (18 ounces). What's more, the people reported feeling no fuller after eating the big portions than the smaller ones. What to do: If you're trying to cut calories, shrink your servings. Some suggestions: Order a "small," split a dish with someone else, or stash stash Drug slang noun A place where illicit drugs are hidden half of what you're served in a doggie bag doggie bag n. Variant of doggy bag. Noun 1. doggie bag - a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog doggy bag before you start eating. Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 76: 1207, 2002. |
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