Interesting blog post on one of my favorite blogs, Collision Detection by Wired writer Clive Thompson, about how the size of plates in restaurants can manipulate us into eating more:
http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2007/05/_when_youre_try.html
Of course, it is interesting to consider whether this can be used to reduce the purchasing costs of food in restaurants – use smaller plates, and the customers will eat less. The many initiatives to fight obesity will probably also consider this good news.
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