What San Diego Eats: Research

Research on portion size growing from what it used to be. How the average American is over weight because they 'don't eat right' or 'don't pay attention' to what they're eating and so on.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/wellbeing/8289028/Why-are-you-eating-that.html

This article is basically saying that the reason people are obese or over weight is that there are so many other things to focus on; phone, television, other people, ipods, late for work/school, etc. And that if people were to sit down to a meal with no other distractions, just in silence, then they would eat less, and they wouldn't be gaining more weight.

Dr. Brian Wansink is a food psycologist at Cornell University, and he's devoted just over 25 years of his time into researching how people eat and why they're overweight.

I think there are some situations he hasn't accounted for, like if someone has an illness that contributes to them being over or under weight and so on, but for the most part he's pretty on topic and covering everything there is.


http://dailytrojan.com/2011/01/19/starbucks-adds-to-portion-problem/

This is an article about Starbucks, and it talks about how they're releasing a new 'trente' size that is 31 ounces of coffee. It will be limited to only iced drinks and teas, but it's still 916 mL which is bigger than the stomach is.

The article is very much in the middle ground, not swaying either way really, not towards this being a good thing, or a bad thing. It's just informative.

It was really interesting to know that the average drink size in the past has been 8 ounces, but now, the average drink is at least 20 ounces.

I wonder if the rest of the world is going to go through a sort of 'supersized' food stage, where things just start getting bigger and bigger. I wonder if they'll accept the change, or if they'll try to stay with a smaller portion size.