Eat better but eat more? The amount of food is often among the identified culprits in the occurrence ofobesity. It would seem, according to a new American study, published in Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, that with a Healthy eating, the consumer tends to be less careful about the portions. The reason ? Healthy foods would be perceived as less filling.
American researchers carried out three experiments:
In the first, 50 undergraduates were asked about the difference between the concept of “healthy” and “satiating”.
In the second, 40 students ate a cookie, a sweet and fatty and therefore unhealthy food.
In the third, 72 students ordered food before watching a movie and their amount of swallowed food was observed.
Prejudices that can make you fat
Verdict: The three little experiments tend to show that people tend to associate the concept of healthy food with good for you but little satiating. A prejudice that can end up weighing heavily on the scales. For good reason, the quantity counts as much as the nature of the food in thebalanced diet.
Researchers therefore recommend consuming healthy products in moderation by choosing more healthy but satiating products. The bottom line is, if you have a snack craving, maybe it’s better to eat a banana or a handful of almonds, rather than an apple or 0% yogurt.
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