Monday, July 18, 2005

 

Michael Higgins explains about The Economics of Obesity in his wonderful blog.



This is one reason why we tend to eat a different diet when we prepare our own food and when we go to a fast-food restaurant. When we prepare our own food, we are typically not hungry, so we think rationally about a good combination of taste and nutrition. When we get to work and look in the lunchbox when we are hungry we will eat whatever we packed and be satisfied with it, but we might have wished we had packed some cookies. When we go to a fast-food restaurant, we are already hungry and we have plenty of money to buy whatever. So when the server asks, “Would you like fries with that?” we might be tempted.

 

Read the full thing.



[via Chocolate and Gold Coins

Comments:
Hi Ravi
Thanks for linking to this piece and saying some nice words.
 
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