What is triggering our eating?

Well, not hunger for the most part. There are lots of cues to encourage us to eat. Brian Wansink of Cornell University has done loads of research on these environmental cues and we can all learn from his work. For example, if sweets are on your desk, you will eat more than if you have to get up and walk 10 yards for them. Obvious? Then put tempting foods out of sight. Tempting food in transparent containers (ice cream for example) is eaten faster than if it is in an opaque box.

Have a listen here to his interview on CBS News about what triggers eating.

Here are a couple of his tips for when you are eating out. Sit next to the person who starts last. Don't sit next to the Speed Eater.

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