People overeat due to social, environmental factors, nutrition expert says

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Thu Oct 19, 12:26 PM
TORONTO (CP) - An expert who has conducted hundreds of food studies says most people overeat because if food is put in front of them, they'll eat it.
Brian Wansink told a Canadian Diabetes Association meeting in Toronto Thursday that people blame obesity on fast food, the government and food companies, but the food fight really begins at home.
He says the solution isn't concentration and willpower, but rather re-engineering the environment - using smaller bowls, replacing wide, short drinking glasses with tall narrower ones and using smaller serving spoons.
In addition, Wansink says serving bowls should be kept off the table and in the kitchen.
Wansink, who lives in Ithaca, N.Y., is director of a food lab at Cornell University.
He and his team have led food companies to introduce smaller size "100 calorie" portions.