Eating Before Mirror Helps Lonely People, Increases Appetite: Japan Study

Narsing Rao Sridhar June 8, 2017 Leave a comment

A woman is eating popcorn alone in front of a mirror, or a monitor displaying a wall or her static image. People reported the popcorn as tasting better, and consumed more of it, when they ate it in front of a mirror, or even a picture of themselves eating, than when they ate it in front of the monitor displaying a wall. CREDIT Nagoya University

Eating your food alone? It’s truly boring and appetite never shows up. But Japanese researchers have found a simple and doable trick to it. People tend to eat more when they are in company of others or when guests are there. This phenomenon called “Social Facilitation of Eating” is effective if you invite yourself to a dinner, say researchers. how? ...

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Eating Before Mirror Helps Lonely People, Increases Appetite: Japan Study