“This study examined what drives people to overconsume food at a buffet similar to dining halls, where millions of college students eat every day,” said John Long, first author of the study and postdoctoral scholar in food science and nutritional sciences.
Prior studies at Penn State and elsewhere indicated when people eat from a plate with many different foods, they will consume more calories. The current study, published in the journal Appetite, demonstrated that greater food variety affected how much food people served themselves before taking their first bite. The researchers found that the presence of a higher variety of foods in a buffet increased both the weight of food selected and the number of calories people put on their plates.
Visit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195666326000450?via%3Dihub