http://www.onpointradio.org/2009/07/the-end-of-overeating-excerpt On Point is a live, two-hour morning news-analysis program, produced by WBUR 90.9 and NPR. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:55:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.onpointradio.org/2009/07/the-end-of-overeating-excerpt/comment-page-1#comment-21267 Jeffrey Laaff Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:02:21 +0000 http://www.onpointradio.org/?p=14651#comment-21267 It is fascinating to see the mystery unfold as to how science and marketing has succeeded in maxing the food eating opportunities of America. The analysis and,"release", of this information may be the only factor that will allow us to understand why we are eating as we do so as to be able to fend off our current habits and return to the logical and ,"normal", eating patterns of our past. When the restaurant industry went to a larger standard plate size upon which a traditional portion takes on, as the book suggests, the aspect of a, "Joke portion", you know you had better look out! It is fascinating to see the mystery unfold as to how science and marketing has succeeded in maxing the food eating opportunities of America. The analysis and,”release”, of this information may be the only factor that will allow us to understand why we are eating as we do so as to be able to fend off our current habits and return to the logical and ,”normal”, eating patterns of our past.
When the restaurant industry went to a larger standard plate size upon which a traditional portion takes on, as the book suggests, the aspect of a, “Joke portion”,
you know you had better look out!

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