Quit eating with your eyes and listen to your body!

NEWARK, N.J. – Along with the American waistline, the American plate and portion size have grown too. A study at Rutgers University supports earlier research that people today eat bigger servings than they did 20 years ago.
People aren’t realizing how much they are eating,” said Jaime Schwartz, a registered dietitian and one of the authors of the study. “The larger portion size they’re eating — even if it’s a healthy food — is still more calories.”

“People are eating with their eyes and not their stomachs,” Schwartz
said. “They’re not listening to their bodies to tell them when to put
the fork down.”

Over 20 years, portions have grown – Yahoo! News

This is something I have suspected for a while. That the obesity
crisis is coming from huge portion sizes, supersizing, buffets, large
plates, Vegas, etc.

This is something I am trying to work on constantly. To eat less than what my eyes tell me.

Great advice in this article about listening to your body instead of eating mindlessly. (Like sitting in front of a TV).

Gary

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December 6, 2006 | Filed Under Gary's Posts, Nutrition 

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