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高中英语牛津译林版(2019)必修第一册Unit 4 Looking good feeling good 课后习题Section B

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日期: 2025-01-03
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In the recent years, researchers of Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab are studying how environmental factors influence many Americans to unnoticeably eat too much. Many people wrongly believe that factors like hunger or boredom and depression are the main causes for overeating, but their research has shown otherwise. It is thought that we overeat if the food is good or if we're really hungry. In reality, those are two of the last things that determine how much we eat.

In one experiment, the researcher placed jars of candies in workers' offices for a month. Then, he moved the candies 1. 8 m away. The office workers ate five more candies each day when the jar was closer to them, equaling an additional 125 calories a day. It does not sound too bad, but add that up over a year and you will have gained 5. 4 kg. "If something is visible, every time we see it, we have to make a decision:to eat it or not?" the researcher explained.

In the other experiment, moviegoers were given five-day-old popcorn, some in medium-size buckets, some in large buckets. The researcher found that moviegoers who had the larger buckets ate 53 percent more, despite its unpleasant taste. He believed that the distraction of the movie and hearing others eat the popcorn persuaded people to keep eating.

The findings in other researches have shown that we tend to eat more when we use larger dishes, eat in front of the television, or dine with someone who eats a lot. Researchers of the lab advise a gradual approach to changing eating habits. People can cut a couple of hundred calories a day by doing things such as avoiding open food dishes at the office, using smaller serving bowls, sitting next to the slowest eater and being the last one to start eating.

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