Study: Fat People eat more food at all-you-can-eat buffets

Published on: December 3, 2008 at 2:00 PM

In the stating the extremely obvious in research category, scientists have published a study on the correlation between fat people, fast food and obesity.

The first result:

At an all-you-can-eat buffet, heavier people are more likely to use larger plates, chew less and engage in other behaviors that lead to overeating,

In other words: fat people eat more from larger plates.

Finding two:

Using smaller plates would tend to indicate eating less food

OMG.

Finding Three:

Fat people “Leave less food leftover on their plate.

Stop it. But there’s more:

Begin serving themselves immediately instead of surveying the buffet.

If you want some more great facts, hit Amazon and search for Brian Wansink, director of Cornell University, as there’s a book with these amazing conclusions to be found as well!

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