Hi,
Here in the Madison, Wisconsin area, there has been a big push toward "No
Smoking" in
restaurants, much improving the atmosphere (and the health of those of us who
take our
meals there)...
Much the same could be accomplish with regard to caloric intake by simply
reducing the size
of the plates used in restaurants ... making them 3/4-inch in diameter
smaller. Then, you
could acheive the same "perceived" value ... "Big meal", "Full plate", etc.
with less food.
Less food on the plate means less calories to walk/jog/sit off.
The cost of replacing china in restaurants would be marginal ... more than
covered by the
reduction in food cost (over the life of the china). (It might even provide an
opportunity
to increase the wages of restaurant workers, as a means of maintaining profit
margins. ;-)
The perceived amount of food "required" for each meal is dictated more by the
size of the plates than
by metabolic needs.
Harv Nelson
(just a lurker ... and casual terrorist ;-)
< .... stuff snipped so that my ISP would send this>
> Something that "galls me" to no end: Our society
> is obsessed with "perfect bodies" -- and I must say
> that I find bodily imperfections abhorrent -- but that's
> not where the point I wish to make here lies: Our society
> is obsessed with perfect bodies, AND EVERYWHERE I GO, WHEN
> I TRY TO "JUST SAY NO" TO FATTENING FOOD WHICH IS PROMISCUOUSLY
> STUFFED UNDER MY NOSE, PEOPLE ACT LIKE I WAS BEING AT BEST
> RUDE AND A "PARTY POOPER", IF NOT CHARACTER DISORDERED, etc.
>
> If our society wants perfect bodies, why don't we start
> by mobilizing all restaurants and food stores to push
> *only* healthful foods, and to make buying a Cocal-Cola
> at least as shady a deal as buying "coke"?
>
> \brad mccormick
>
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