Marketing researchers at the University of Michigan have found that Leftovers make you eat more and exercise less and this often leaves people with the false impression that they 'under-ate' - meaning they then 'reward' themselves with extra food or skipping the gym.

'We know that growing portion sizes increase consumption, but grossly enlarged portions also cause consumers to face more and more food leftovers,' said Aradhna Krishna, a professor of marketing at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Krishna and co-author Linda Hagen of the University of Southern California carried out five studies to see how leftovers may skew our perception of our own eating habits.

Across the board, no matter how much food someone ate in their first sitting, if their leftover portion was large, they seemed to think they hadn't eaten much.

That misconception had a direct knock-on effect on a person's lifestyle in the hours and days after.





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