Rule Your World: Food for Thought | Crowd Control

I’m Daniel pink and I’m gonna show you
how to use some diabolical psychology
for the greater good are you ready
overeating is a big problem in the
United States and I should know because
I’m one of the people who does it so to
take on this problem we went to a buffet
and a truck stop in New Jersey we
replaced the large plates with small
ones and the white plates with queenless
most of our eating is mindless rather
than mindful so if we have a big plate
we’re gonna put a decent amount on if we
have a small plate we’re probably going
to put less on and you know what it
looks like the same amount but this is
actually half the amount that’s on this
plate the other thing that we did is we
change the color when there’s a high
contrast between the color of the food
and the color of the plate we put on
less when there’s not much contrast we
can’t really see it as well we load on
more mashed potatoes more macaroni and
cheese more of these high-calorie food
the great thing about this experiment is
how easy it is to put it into place in
your own life there are two things you
can do get rid of your big plates and
replace them with smaller ones
inevitably you’re gonna eat less the
other thing that you can do is use
plates that are a little bit darker so
the healthy food doesn’t stand out as
much and you’ll end up putting more on
the plate you do these two things and
before too long you’ll be loving all the
broccoli you’re eating now you know and
the power is in your hands use it for
good till next time
I’m Daniel pink just click below for
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