Gittins on eating
More interesting research reported by Ross Gittins in today's SMH on the unconscious operations that lead to overeating:
And, being social animals, how much we eat is heavily influenced by other people. When we're with people we like we tend to eat for longer than when we're alone. If others are still eating we tend to keep eating. Research suggests that if you eat with one other person you eat a third more; when you eat with seven or more people you'll eat almost twice as much.
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That would explain our time at Moore College...
It also explains why people who have the TV as their best friend are generally obese. They just sit there with their friend and eat hours on end.
we are actually born with an ability to eat according tohunger. We are taught to eat more in response to social cues and appetite aswe get older (around preschool age).One of the plugs for breastfeeding is that babies get to drink in responseto their hunger rather than being conditioned to 'finish the bottle'.With toddler feeding advice, there's a concept/idea called the 'division ofresponsibility' that promotes trying to retain this eating in respect tohunger by parents deciding what appropriate to eat and when is a good time,and children deciding if to eat and how much.Requires lots of Zen-like resolve from parents in an environment that pushesso many unhealthy foods and drinks at children for pester power, but ifparents are able to stick with it, research shows it helps to create thefoundations for healthy eating habits for life.If you are interested, have a search for Leann Birch eg.http://www.obesityresearch.org/cgi/content/full/14/3/343
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