Slimmers who are served food by a fat person are more likely to over-indulge

[The Straight Story]

Should've joined Waiter Watchers! Slimmers who are served food by a fat person are more likely to over-indulge



For those desperate to stay slim, the answer is simple. Never mind faddy diets and exercise – just avoid restaurants where the waiting staff are overweight.

A study has discovered that people on diets are more likely to over-indulge if the person serving them looks fat, but that non-dieters will have second thoughts about tucking in.

If the waiters are skinny, however, slimmers will stick to their eating regimes, while non-dieters will feel free to order what they want.
Monty Python's gargantuan diner Mr Creosote


The conclusions come from a team at the universities of British Columbia and Arizona and the school of business at Duke University, North Carolina.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1268647/Slimmers-served-food-fat-person-likely-indulge.html#ixzz0m7Bdcs8y

[FSogol]

1. Slimmers? Do we really need a derogatory word for people who aren't fat?

:shrug:

[Codeine]

2. I think "slimmers" means folks who are trying to lose weight.

That's how I read it.

[MindPilot]

3. I got stuck on "non-dieters".

Like being on a diet is the norm.

[MichaelHarris]

7. I also get

tired of people who think we need to label each other. I was fed up with "spectrum" people now I have to see we now have "slimmers". Does having a label make people feel special? Crap needs to stop.

[RC]

4. Could it be that restaurants that have fat servers have better tasting food?

Naa, too simple.

[Better Believe It]

5. Are we talking "second hand fat"? Come now. Slimmers should stick to veggies and stop attacking

obese people.

It's a health problem but I don't think they'll give up their veggies if they are served by overweight people.

[Codeine]

6. Again,

it is clear from the story that "slimmers" means people who are dieting or losing weight, NOT slim folks.