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Study: Last Supper paintings supersize the food
Posted: Mar 23, 2010 8:21 AM by Associated Press
An obesity researcher analyzed dozens of famous paintings of the Last Supper and found that food portions have grown larger in more recent ones.
Cornell University's Brian Wansink studied 52 paintings depicting Jesus Christ's last meal with his disciples. The paintings were done at various times during the last 1,000 years. He found that over that time period, the size of the main dish grew 69 percent, the size of the plate grew 66 percent, and bread portions grew 23 percent in the images.
The study was released Tuesday and is published in the April issue of the International Journal of Obesity.
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