{"id":2392,"date":"2009-12-01T07:25:50","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T12:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2009-12-01T07:25:50","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T12:25:50","slug":"learnedezra-klein-the-behavioral-economics-of-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/01\/learnedezra-klein-the-behavioral-economics-of-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Learned::Ezra Klein &#8211; The behavioral economics of Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\n&#8220;Move to chopsticks!&#8221; he exclaimed, making bites smaller and harder to take. If the chopsticks are a bit extreme, smaller plates and utensils might work the same way. Study after study shows that people eat more when they have more in front of them. It&#8217;s one of our predictable irrationalities: <strong>We judge portions by how much is left rather than how full we feel. Smaller portions lead us to eat less, even if we can refill the plate.<\/strong><br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/ezra-klein\/2009\/11\/the_behavioral_economics_of_th.html\">Ezra Klein &#8211; The behavioral economics of Thanksgiving<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I bought a box containing 40 pcs of california maki about two months ago. I couldn&#8217;t get over the fact that after only 15 pieces I was so full. People who have seen me eat know that I can eat alot. It really surprised me. I knew the reason must be psychological\/cognitive.\u00a0 Maybe I can use this while I&#8217;m dieting!<br \/>\nFYI: I gained alot of pounds because of my Mindanao vacation. I still can&#8217;t get over how many eat all you can&#8217;s Cagayan De Oro has, or how any where you look most barbecue or grill has unlimited rice in Davao. Must exercise, Must Diet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Move to chopsticks!&#8221; he exclaimed, making bites smaller and harder to take. If the chopsticks are a bit extreme, smaller plates and utensils might work the same way. Study after study shows that people eat more when they have more in front of them. It&#8217;s one of our predictable irrationalities: We judge portions by how &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/01\/learnedezra-klein-the-behavioral-economics-of-thanksgiving\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Learned::Ezra Klein &#8211; The behavioral economics of Thanksgiving&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,62,79],"tags":[570,1385],"class_list":["post-2392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learned-today","category-personal-angol","category-reposts","tag-food","tag-thanksgiving"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}