Mindless Eating
by Brian Wansink
Experiments on how plate size, package size, lighting and labels change how much we eat: the bottomless soup bowl, the stale popcorn study. Note: Wansink later resigned after many papers were retracted for data problems, which casts doubt on specifics. The general insight that environment drives eating survives in others' work.
Read it if…
you want environment-based eating tricks and know the author's history.
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Skip it if…
you want reliable citations; many of his were retracted.
Try instead: Slim by Design →
Three things you will actually use
- Environment shapes intake more than willpower.
- Smaller plates, smaller portions.
- Check the source; this one had problems.
Do this first
Use smaller plates for a week and see; it is a cheap test regardless.
Our verdict
Read with the retractions in mind.
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