Article: Limiting portion sizes can whittle your waistline

"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 ...

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