Learn About The Stale Popcorn Study

Lots of people overeat for emotional reasons and a recent study proves this point.

The University of Cornell has been studying the reasons why people overeat.  Here's what they did. They gave people popcorn that was either fresh or five days old.  The stale popcorn was kept in a humidity-controlled entomology lab.  On a scale of 1-10, people rated the taste a 3.  They gave the moviegoers medium or large bags of popcorn to anyone who had just recently had dinner.  Those tested ate 34% more from the bigger bucket.  If the popcorn was fresh, they ate 45% more.  Tomorrow we will learn about candy and what influences us to eat more of that.