Pretty Much Everything Will Make You Overeat
A list of habits that researchers have linked to overeating
.In our previous chronicles of overdetermination, we've learned that pretty much everything can predict the winner of the Super Bowl and everything has more germs than a toilet bowl. Today we look at what's making you overeat.
Researchers recently found that simply seeing fat people can lead to overeating. Their study consisted of a small number of participants looking at either "a fat person, a normal-weight person, or a lamp." People who looked at the "fat person" ate more candy afterwards. But if you think just averting your gaze from fat people will make you skinny, you're sadly mistaken. Here's a small sample of other things that researchers have also linked to overeating. If you lump these all together, a quest to lose weight feels comically daunting.
Things Research Linked to Overeating:
- Having overweight friends leads to overeating.
- Thinking too much leads to overeating.
- Playing video games for over an hour leads to overeating.
- Larger food portions on your plate leads to overeating.
- Smaller food portions leads to overeating.
- Oversleeping leads to overeating.
- Undersleeping leads to overeating.
- Morbid thoughts lead to overeating.
- A sense of pride or achievement leads to overeating.
- Small snack packages lead to overeating.
- Stress leads to overeating.
- Low-calorie diet meals lead to overeating.
- Fatty foods leads to overeating
- Eating quickly leads to overeating
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