Fantasizing about food may limit the amount you reach for

Yann Cornil, a professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, was interviewed on CFAX about the link between enjoying food and portion size.

Cornil and colleagues found people chose smaller portions sizes after imagining the food they were about to eat.

“Simply by picturing in your mind the smell, the taste, the sensory pleasure of eating, you’re reminded of the actual relation between sensory pleasure and quantity,” he said.