Most of the time, when people talk about comfort foods, we think of things that are really bad for you -- cookies or chips, maybe,
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Not surprisingly, the participants ate fewer candies when the Kisses were in opaque rather than clear candy jars on their desks and even fewer when the opaque jars were six feet away from their desks. The less visible and less convenient the candy, the less people thought about it and were tempted.Brian Wansink
People generally estimate tall glasses as holding more liquid than wide ones of the same volume. They also focus their pouring attention on the height of the liquid they are pouring and insufficiently compensate for its width.
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It isn't just the food, either. People might say that chocolate chip cookies are good, but they have to be freshly baked cookies.
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Also, with men, there's a preference toward comfort food that's a little more healthy, like meat, pasta and potatoes. Women choose things like chips, cookies, chocolate and cake.
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Yet, people who pour into short, wide glasses consistently believe that they pour less than those who pour into tall, narrow glasses.
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For an individual consumer, the money and effort spent purchasing these products is not trivial as many as 12 percent of purchased products are never used and eventually discarded. By understanding why we buy products we never use, we can change our purchase and usage habits to reduce product abandonment, thereby saving money and reducing waste,
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