Plates Color and Table Cloth Affect Diet Success

News Health Articles - Plates Color and Table Cloth Affect Diet Success. Various studies have shown that the size of the plates and spoons can affect the success of a diet program. Now scientists find new facts, namely the portion of food a person is also influenced by the color of plates and tablecloths.

The study, published in the Journal of Color Research involved 200 participants aged 18-39 years. The participants underwent two experiments at once, each one to see the effect of differences in color plates and tablecloths as well as the size of the plate against the portion of food.



The first experiment only confirmed the results of other studies have ever done before, namely that the size of the plate affects the size of the meal. The results are not much different, participants who use larger dishes tend to eat more meals.

Interesting facts revealed in the second experiment, involving a combination of colors between the plates with a tablecloth. Participants who ate with plates and tablecloths of the most contrasting color, tend to eat more than the color of the same plates and tablecloths.

The researchers call it an optical illusion effect, or a trick of vision. With high color contrast between the plate with a tablecloth, food on the plate tend to look much less so the participants will be encouraged to increase meal portions.

Vice versa, the lower the color contrast between the plate with a tablecloth so the impression that emerges is the contents of the plate look more full, so feel full faster. The result for those who are dieting, low color contrast would be very supportive of success.

The idea for this research was inspired by the idea of ​​a philosopher of the 19th century, Franz Delboeuf. Quoted from MSNBC, Wednesday (30/11/2011), Delboeuf prove that circles the same size may appear different if each placed in another larger circle but different sizes.