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Fridge Diet - Reorganize Your Fridge to Eat Better
The way you store your groceries can affect what—and how much—you eat.
By Sara Cann
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the September 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
Opaque food container Photo: Thinkstock
Put Indulgent Snacks in Opaque Storage Containers

Being able to see a food makes you more enticed to eat it, says Brian Wansink, PhD, director of the Cornell Food and Brand lab and author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think. He has found that when study subjects are given chocolates in a clear bowl, they'll eat nearly 70 percent more than when the treats are placed in an opaque bowl.
Printed from Oprah.com on Saturday, May 25, 2013
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