Research suggests that social context is an important external cue that affects people's eating. Researchers suggest that which of the following social interventions could help overweight children eat less?

a. encouraging children to eat alone
b. encouraging children to "graze"
c. returning to circumstances in which children eat in the presence of others
d. providing continual verbal reminders that the children are eating too much


Answer: c. returning to circumstances in which children eat in the presence of others

Psychology

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