Cues for Good Choices
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We eat what we see is the unfortunately simple truth. So what do you see as food cues where you eat?
Dr. Brian Wansink, author of the great book Mindless Eating points out the size of our plates, the snacks on our counters, the location of a candy bowl all impact our consumption.
In one experiment by Dr. Wansink, simply changing a lidded but clear glass candy bowl to a solid white lidded candy dish meant a difference of 77 calories per day…or five pounds per year for a typical person.
What’s a list of comprehensive food cues which can be changed where people spend time (home, work, etc.)? How do we take the list and get it adopted broadly?
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Interesting...
I've heard that even the color of the walls in your kitchen or dining room can be a cue to eat (supposedly the color red stimulates hunger). I think a big and important first step would be to downsize our plates. Most Americans use the "charger" plate as their dinner plate which allows for enormous portion sizes because we have an inate need to fill the plate...and finish everything on that plate, of course.