Food For Thought: Do You Eat Mindfully – Or Mindlessly?

1. When served a large portion of food, people eat on average ___ % more than they usually eat. *

8–10%

15–18%

20–30%

30–35%

2. Compared to a tall thin glass, drinking out of a shorter wide glass tends to encourage people to drink ___% more than they usually drink. *

10%

20%

30%

40%

3. One large deli bagel is equal in calories to: *

One English muffin

Two English muffins

Two slices of toast

One medium size bowl of cereal

4. If you kept everything else the same, eating one less candy bar, medium-size donut or 20 oz. soda a day would result in ___ pounds of weight loss at the end of a year. *

12

19

22

26

5. How much food can you trim out of your diet without your body noticing it’s gone (feeling hungry): *

10%

20%

30%

40%

6. How long does it take the average person to eat the entire box or package of “family size” foods you buy at wholesale warehouse stores? *

7 days

10 days

16 days

20 days

7. People tend to eat fewer calories when they eat at: *

Diners

Drive-throughs

Sit-down restaurants

None of the above

8. People tend to eat more when: *

The food is more colorful.

There is a variety of food offered.

The food has a strong smell.

There is a bigger portion of meat on the plate.

9. Once you decide on any changes you need for your diet, it takes about ___ days to break an old habit and replace it with a new one. *

14

28

40

60