36 Quotes by Brian Wansink

The best diet is the one you don't know you're on.

Hearing "can't" dares a person to find a workaround. It's a basic psychological theory called reactance - telling someone "no" just makes them want it more.

If a wave of veganism washed over the land, in six months there would be Broccoli Kings, Taco Bell Peppers, and McTofu Drive-Thrus.

It Isn't nutrition until it's eaten.

We're finding that portion size can influence intake as much as taste. Large packages and containers can lead to overeating foods we do not even find appealing.

If you want to be skinny do what skinny people do.

Interestingly, however, we found that participants consistently underestimated their intake of the candies on their desks yet overestimated how much they ate when the candies were farther away.

Most of the time, when people talk about comfort foods, we think of things that are really bad for you -- cookies or chips, maybe,

From a party-host perspective, if you don't want people to over-imbibe, try to use the taller, skinnier glasses.