Hello and welcome to the Nutrition Diva podcast.

I'm your host Monica Reinagle.

Thanks for joining me today.

Imagine sitting down to eat a meal with a bunch of other people. They might be friends,

coworkers, or strangers, it doesn't really matter. Clatters of food are brought out to the table and passed around.

And for the sake of argument, let's say that the food is appealing, but not sell your grandma amazing. My question is, how much do you end up eating?

Well, if it has been several hours since you last eight, then your stomach is probably empty. Your blood sugar is likely to be relatively low.

Your level of Grellin, a hormone that stimulates your appetite, maybe on the rise.

If on the other hand you've eaten recently, then your stomach might still have some food

in it.

Your blood sugar levels are likely to be moderately high and your

Grellan levels low. And you might think that your blood sugar and appetite

hormones would play a major role in determining how much you eat in this scenario.

But in reality, factors that have nothing to do with hunger

are likely to have a lot more influence

over how much you put on your plate.

For example, how big is the plate?

Is it eight or nine inches across, which used to be a standard dinner plate

size?

Or is it closer to 12 inches in diameter, as is now typical.

How much food is on the serving platter?

Is there one piece of chicken for each person at the table,

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