Is Your House Making You Fat?

More Tips From An Expert

Turn up the lights.
Dimming them makes you more apt to eat more, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine. If you do decide to lower the lights, just preplate your food instead of eating family-style. This will help you limit your calories, he says.

Serve ice cream in a teacup.
You’ll save yourself hundreds of calories. In one of Wansink’s experiments, people given 34-ounce bowls versus 17-ounce bowls served themselves 31% more ice cream without realizing it.