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Article: Limiting portion sizes can whittle your waistline
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 13, 1996
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"Eating is one of life's greatest pleasures," according to the
new federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Overeating is evidently another. "One of three Americans is
overweight enough to be at increased health risk," said Kelly
Brownell, director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders
in New Haven, Conn.
Why some people eat to excess is a complicated question, and
researchers approach it from many angles. Psychologists, for
instance, like to examine what stimulates appetite and how different
eaters respond to various stimuli.
Eat like a kid
Dianne Engell of the Army's research lab in Natick, Mass.,
recently completed a study with Barbara Rolls of Pennsylvania State ...