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PASSAGE SIXTEEN

What affects food intake

1.According to a recent study in the Journal of Consumer Research, both the size and consumption habits of our eating companions can influence our food intake.

2.And contrary to existing research that says you should avoid eating with heavier people who order large portions, it's the beanpoles with big appetites you really need to avoid.

3.To test the effect of social influence on eating habits, the researchers conducted two experiments.

4.In the first, 95 undergraduate women were individually invited into a lab to ostensibly participate in a study about movie viewership.

5.Before the film began, each woman was asked to help herself to a snack. An actor hired by the researchers grabbed her food first.

6.In her natural state, the actor weighed 105 pounds. But in half the cases she wore a specially designed fat suit which increased her weight to 180 pounds.

7.Both the fat and thin versions of the actor took a large amount of food. The participants followed suit, taking more food than they normally would have.

8.However, they took significantly more when the actor was thin.

9.For the second test, in one case the thin actor took two pieces of candy from the snack bowls.

10.In the other case, she took 30 pieces. The results were similar to the first test: the participants followed suit but took significantly more candy when the thin actor took 30 pieces.

11.The tests show that the social environment is extremely influential when we're making decisions.

12.If this fellow participant is going to eat more, so will I. Call it the “I’ll have what she's having” effect.

13.However, we'll adjust the influence. If an overweight person is having a large portion, I'll hold back a bit because I see the results of his eating habits.

14.But if a thin person eats a lot, I'll follow suit. If he can eat much and keep slim, why can't I?

第十六篇

什么影响了食物摄入量

1.根据最近发表在《消费者研究》杂志上的一项研究，我们一起吃饭的同伴的体型和消费习惯都会影响我们的食物摄入量。

2.现有的研究表明，你应该避免与点大份食物的体重较重的人一起吃饭，相反，你真正需要避免的是胃口大的瘦子。

3.为了测试社会影响对饮食习惯的影响，研究人员进行了两个实验。

4.在第一个实验中，95名女大学生被单独邀请到一个实验室，表面上参加一项关于电影观看的研究。

5.电影开始前，每位女士都被要求随便拿点零食。研究人员雇佣的一名演员第一个拿食物。

6.在她的自然状态下，这位女演员重105磅。但在其中一半的实验中，她穿了一套特别设计的肥胖服，这使她的体重增加到了180磅。

7.胖版和瘦版的演员都吃了大量的食物。参与者也照做了，比平时吃了更多的食物。

8.然而，当演员很瘦的时候，他们吃的明显更多。

9.在第二次测试中，瘦演员从零食碗里拿了两块糖果。

10.在另一种情况下，她拿走了30块。结果与第一个测试相似:参与者也跟着做，但当瘦演员吃了30块糖时，他们吃的糖明显更多。

11.测试表明，当我们做决定时，社会环境是极具影响力的。

12.如果这个同伴吃得更多，我也会吃得更多。我们称之为“她有什么我也要有什么”效应。

13.不过，我们会调整影响。如果一个超重的人吃了很多，我会忍住一点，因为我看到了他的饮食习惯的结果。

  14.但如果一个瘦的人吃得很多，我也会照做。如果他能吃得多保持苗条，我为什么不能呢?