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In The News: The Perils of Homemade
The Boston Globe is reporting on Brian Wansink’s latest study (published in the Annals of Internal Medicine) — caloric increases in The Joy of Cooking cookbooks over the past eight decades. “The study,...
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Numbers Game: Bowled Over
A study led by Brian Wansink and published in The American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that subjects served themselves _____ percent more ice cream in a 34 ounce bowl than in a 17 ounce bowl....
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Numbers Game: Answer
A study led by Brian Wansink and published in The American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that subjects served themselves 31 percent more ice cream in a 34 ounce bowl than in a 17 ounce bowl. By...
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Inflation at the Concession Stand — Again!
I’m the first to admit I always sneak food and drinks into the movie theater. My decision to skip the concession stand is partially economic ($3.75 for a bottle of water?), but mainly about health (a...
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You Ask, I Answer: Movie Popcorn
[In light of your post about calorie values in movie nachos], I have a related question — what about movie pocorn? – Purnima Anand Via the blog The figures certainly raise a red flag. First, some...
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Numbers Game: “1″ Tricky Order
One slice of Sbarro’s pepperoni pizza contains as many calories as ____ slices of Domino’s 14-inch thin crust pepperoni pizza. a) 1.75 b) 2.5 c) 3 d) 4 Leave your guess in the “comments” section and...
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When a Can of Soda Just Isn’t Enough…
Many thanks to Small Bites reader Katherine Bauer for sending me the accompanying image of a Coca-Cola billboard she spotted on her way to the supermarket. While Coca-Cola executives point out the new...
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Must See 6-Minute Video Clip
As those of you who follow Small Bites regularly know, I am a big fan of Brian Wansink. I consider his research to be some of the most fascinating — and practical — in decades. In case this is your...
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The Beauty that is Eurosizing
Last month while in Barcelona I snapped these photos of my two favorite “Eurosized” portions. First up — a chocolate croissant. This was from a random local bakery deep in the heart of Barcelona. It...
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In The News: Undersizing!
Kudos to Dairy Queen (those are four words I never imagined writing!) for going against the “bigger, bigger, bigger!” trend and announcing that starting this July, they will offer “a 7-ounce Mini...
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