小餐盤讓你變瘦:少食多餐有助減肥
Want to lose 2lb a month? Simply eat from a smaller plate, researchers say.
想要在一個月之內減掉兩磅體重麼？研究者們表示，這其實很簡單，只要在用餐時換一個小號的餐盤。
Small changes around the home – such as where we eat our meals and the size of plate we use – make a big difference, a study found.
一項研究表明，只要在我們吃飯時改編盛放食物器皿的大小，將會帶來不小的改變。
Researcher Brian Wansink said one study looked at moviegoers eating popcorn from either extra large or large containers.
研究者人員Brian Wansink，有一項報告作了個試驗，研究了電影迷們看電影時盛放爆米花所使用大號或者超大號的容器會帶來的後果。
They ate 45 per cent more popcorn from the larger containers, and even when given stale popcorn ate 34 per cent more.
結果，即便是在大號容器多得到34%的爆米花的前提下，超大號的人還是多吃掉了45%的爆米花。
Another study found that children given a 16-ounce cereal bowl were more likely to have a second helping than those given a bowl half the size.
另一項研究發現，使用16盎司容量的碗吃麥片的兒童，要比使用容量只用一半的兒童更有可能吃上第二碗。
Dr Wansink told an American Psychological Association convention that in one study, people lost up to 2lb a month simply by making changes such as using salad plates rather than dinner plates, keeping unhealthy foods out of sight and not eating in front of the television.
美國心理協會的Wansink指出，在一項研究中，人們在一個月的時間裏輕輕鬆鬆的減掉了兩磅的體重，他們所作的便是將用餐時的餐盤換成了更小的沙拉盤，同時拒絕不健康的食物，並且不會一邊看電視一邊吃飯。
"They just don't realize they're doing it,Our homes are filled with hidden eating of us have too much chaos going on in our lives to consciously focus on every bite we eat, and then ask ourselves if we're secret is to change your environment so it works for you rather than against e simple strategies are far more likely to succeed than willpower 's easier to change your environment than to change your le don't think that something as simple as the size of a bowl would influence how much an informed person eats." said Dr Wansink.
Wansink教授說：“他們並沒有意識到自己在這麼做。我們的家中處處潛伏着各種飲食‘陷阱’。我們中的絕大多數人每天都被生活中的瑣事所困擾，以至於很難專注於每一口吃下的食物，也不會問自己是否已經吃飽了。這個祕密便是改變你的環境，而不是使之與你違背衝突。這些簡單的叫側率遠比單靠意志力更容易獲得成功。改變你周遭的環境可要比改變你心智來得容易得多。人們不會認爲只需要簡單的改變一下進食時盛放食物的容器的大小便能影響到所吃掉的食物的量。”
Dr Wansink, of America's Cornell university, said that people had the mistaken belief that their stomach would let them know when it was full.
美國康奈爾大學的Wansink教授說，因爲誤以爲會從胃部獲得是否吃飽了的信號。
But in one experiment, diners giving a 'bottomless bowl' which automatically refilled with soup, ate 73 per cent more than those given normal bowls - and didn't even realise it.
不過在一項實驗中，使用“不見底”的碗喝湯的人在且安全沒有意識到的情況下，會比使用正常大小碗的人多喝掉近73的湯。
Dr Wansink said: "The lesson is, don't rely on your stomach to tell you when you're can lie."
Wansink說：“關鍵是，不要相信你的胃告訴你是否吃飽了。它可是會騙人的。”
