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Why Don't The French Get As Fat As Americans? Americans Eat Until The TV Show Is Over
Why Don't The French Get As Fat As Americans? Americans Eat Until The TV Show Is Over
Because they use internal cues -- such as no longer feeling hungry -- to stop eating, reports a new Cornell study. Americans, on the other hand, tend to use external cues -- such as whether their plate is clean, they have run out of their beverage or the TV show they're watching is over. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago
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 acemak
7 months ago
and the fact that french portions are about this big:

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and american ones are about this big:

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 SpamTrap
7 months ago
« acemak : and the fact that french portions are about this big:

(............)

and american ones are about his big:

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In my experience this is more like this:
French lunch:
(............)+(............)+(............)

American lunch:
(....................................)

Several small and different might be less fattening than one huge, even if the huge is less than the several small together.
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 ArchAnge...
7 months ago
Only if the small meals are spread over a couple hours. If it's in one lunch, it's still more food.
I can split my country fried steak into 3 plates, but it's still a country friend steak with the same amount of calories.

But yes, we grew up with the idea that wasting food is bad. Residue of a pioneer heritage, where food is quite valuable and you're not quite sure of your next meal.
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