If you are hoping to lose weight, eating only half of what you have on the plate, hoping the second half to eat later, then you have to wait long for results. Scientists estimate that as a result of such tactics, the consumption is increasing.
Researchers marketing from the University of Michigan found that such a diet for weight loss is often gives people the false impression that they are malnourished, causing them to reward myself with an extra portion of food or do not exercise.
We know that increasing portion size increases consumption, and significantly increased portions also mean that there are more and more leftovers. Our studies show that the uneaten food can have a significant impact on perception, emotion, motivation and attitude to health, says the study’s author, Aradhna Krishna (Aradhna Krishna) from the School of business Ross University of Michigan.
Aradhna Krishna together with Linda Hagen (Linda Hagen) from the University of southern California (University of Southern California) conducted five studies to see how leftover food on a plate can distort our perception of the own eating habits, as consumers tend to judge the level of their consumption, judging by the remains of food.
Regardless of how much food a person ate, if the remaining part is large enough, people thought that they ate some. This misconception has had a direct impact on the way of life in the following hours and even days.
People who have the most left food on the plate, more likely to allow themselves to unhealthy snacks and large portions later because I felt that they deserved it.
Similarly, those who have on the plate had a lot of food, was less inclined to do physical exercise, in contrast to those who have nothing, even if they both ate the same amount of the same food.
According to the authors of the study, if people have a lot of food on the plate, they tend to be better to think about yourself, which in turn reduces their motivation to compensate for excessive calorie consumption physical exertion.
Dmitry Kolesnik