Here’s Why We Eat More When We’re With Friends And Family

Going home from dinner out with a friend or a Sunday family lunch, you may notice you feel slightly more full than you normally do after eating. And while some of this may have to do with how many potatoes your mum insists you eat, new research seems to suggest that there could be something else going on. Researchers analysing dozens of past studies on the “social facilitation” of eating have confirmed that people do tend to eat more when eating in groups than alone — and have come up with several social and psychological mechanisms that could explain our increase in consumption in company.
Read more: https://digest.bps.org.uk/2019/10/28/heres-why-we-eat-more-when-were-with-friends-and-family/?source=Snapzu