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Stale popcorn? No problemPosted Nov 17th 2005 6:04PM by Nick VagnoniFiled under: Snacks, Science, GrainsIt’s been widely recognized for some time that people will generally eat more if given the opportunity. A recent study from researchers at Cornell University goes a step further and shows that many people, even when given a larger portion of undesirable food, will still eat more. Researchers gave over 150 moviegoers medium and large buckets of popcorn—some of it fresh, some of it two weeks old. Those with the bigger buckets of stale popcorn ate 34 percent more than those with the smaller buckets. The percentage of fresh popcorn eaten was even larger. Brian Wansink, economics and marketing professor and head of the Cornell study says that knowledge of portion control could be used to get people to eat greater quantities of nutritious food as well. Wansink has worked on several studies involving portion control and consumer perceptions. Science Daily has more.
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