On the journey to lose weight, many try to try several types of diets, but getting rid of extra weight does not depend only on what you eat, but on the size and capacity of the plate, which are characteristics that can make a clear difference in the amount of food you eat.

In her article published in the British newspaper The Telegraph, writer Linda Blair said that September could be the right time to change your life for the better and lose some weight after months of home isolation.

Meanwhile, it is also important to realize how important the crockery, glassware, and cutlery you use is.

And the writer noted that the dish in which we put a meal affects the amount we eat, according to researcher Brian Wansink from Cornell University.

According to the findings of a group of studies, participants who eat food in larger plates or a bowl consume more than those who use small clay pots, but the effectiveness of this effect is surprisingly reduced if the bowl is the same color as the tablecloth.

The author emphasized that the size of tableware plays an important role in this regard.

During another experiment, Wansink recruited 85 dietitians, specifically experts in food value and calories, to eat ice cream.

Randomly, they were shown large or small bowls and tablespoons or small spoons, and asked to serve themselves and take the amount of ice cream they wanted to eat.

Eating food on large plates unconsciously increases its consumption (Shutterstock)

The result was that those who poured into a large bowl ate 31% more ice cream, those who gave a larger spoonful ate 14.5% more, and those who used a large plate and spoon ate 56.8% more ice cream.

And when I interviewed them later, those who poured more for themselves weren't aware they ate more ice cream than their peers.

The author explained that the shape of the cups affects the amount of food they eat, as many studies on the size of the cups show that those who drink in large, short, curved or tilted glasses pour more quantities and drink more than those who drink in tall and thin glasses.

Kurt van Itersam of Georgia Institute of Technology and Brian Wansink emphasized that the effect of pot size is the same on children and adults.

One study revealed that adults who drank the juice in short, wide cups consumed 19.2% more than those who used the thin cups.

The effect was similar for children who drank 76.4% more juice, because they used short and wide cups.