Now, on to the rest of Brian Wansink\u2019s questions from his MINDLESS EATING:\u00a0 WHY WE EAT MORE THAN WE THINK book.\u00a0 Let\u2019s see how well you do.\u00a0 Cover up the answers first.\u00a0 No cheating!<\/p>\n
Question 4:\u00a0 How did the number of chocolates people ate from covered, desktop candy dishes compare when the dishes were clear vs. when the dishes were white?<\/strong><\/p>\n A.\u00a0 They ate the same amount from both dishes.<\/p>\n B.\u00a0 They ate more from the white dish.<\/p>\n C.\u00a0 They are more from the clear dish.<\/p>\n ANSWER 4:<\/strong>\u00a0 C.\u00a0 Staff with clear desktop dishes ate 71 percent more (7.7 vs. 4.6 candies) than staff that ate candies from white dishes.\u00a0 This equaled an average difference of 77 calories per day.\u00a0 That could lead to over five pounds of extra weight in a year.<\/p>\n We tend to eat more of visible foods because we think about them every time we see them.\u00a0 Eventually, our resistance is likely to weaken.<\/p>\n Question 5:\u00a0 At which location did people eat the most candy from a clear, lidded candy dish?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>A. \u00a0Corner of a desk.<\/p>\n B.\u00a0 Top left-hand desk drawer.<\/p>\n C.\u00a0 On a file cabinet six feet from the desk.<\/p>\n D.\u00a0 They ate the same amount from all locations.<\/p>\n ANSWER 5:\u00a0 <\/strong>A.\u00a0 People tended to eat the most when it was most convenient.\u00a0 They ate an average of nine candies \u2013 or about 225 extra calories daily \u2013 when the candy dish was on their desk, compared to six candies when in the desk drawer and only four candies when they had to walk six feet.<\/p>\n In talking with people after the experiment, the researchers noticed something else.\u00a0 When people had to walk a distance for a piece of candy, they had more time to think twice and talk themselves out of it.\u00a0 So, if you have a food you\u2019d like to eat less of, make it less convenient to eat.\u00a0 Move it to a harder-to-reach cupboard shelf, store it in the basement, serve it from a buffet table vs. the dining table, etc.\u00a0 Or, just don\u2019t bring it into the house.<\/p>\n Question 6: What percent of what we eat is determined by \u2018nutritional gatekeepers\u2019 (grocery shoppers and food preparers)?<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0A.\u00a0 26%<\/p>\n \u00a0 B.\u00a0 61%<\/p>\n \u00a0 C.\u00a0 72%<\/p>\n ANSWER 6:\u00a0 <\/strong>C.\u00a0 Through eating more mindfully, whoever in your household is the \u2018nutritional gatekeeper\u2019 can influence his or her food intake as well as that of everyone else by as much as 72 percent.<\/p>\n Make less healthy foods inconvenient to eat.\u00a0 Promote reasonable portion sizes through the size and shape of dinnerware.\u00a0 Encourage people to measure out and see the total amount they\u2019re eating rather than eating directly from a container.<\/p>\n Are you now more aware of what and why you eat what you do?\u00a0 Do you eat with your eyes and use a large plate or bowl, or do you now opt for smaller-size dishes?<\/p>\n Written by Vicki Hayman, MS, University of Wyoming Extension Nutrition and Food Safety Educator<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Now, on to the rest of Brian Wansink\u2019s questions from his MINDLESS EATING:\u00a0 WHY WE EAT MORE THAN WE THINK book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3968,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[421,957],"tags":[247,427,246,4],"class_list":["post-786","newsletters","type-newsletters","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-living","category-newsletter","tag-brian-wansink","tag-health-and-wellness","tag-mindless-eating","tag-nutrition"],"acf":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletters\/786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/newsletters"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletters\/786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16663,"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletters\/786\/revisions\/16663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}