Eating Disorders Blog

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal found that people who ate quickly and until full were three times as likely to be overweight. The study gathered information from 1,122 Japanese men and 2,165 Japanese women. Study participants completed questionnaires regarding diet history, speed of eating, and whether they typically ate until full.

Approximately half (50.9 percent) of men, and over half (58.4 percent) of women reported eating until full; less than half of men (45.6 percent) and women (36.0 percent) reported eating quickly. Participants who reported both eating until full and eating quickly had a higher average body mass index and total caloric intake than those who did not eat until full or eat quickly.

(Source: ScienceDaily.com)

Posted By: jgarcia