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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Mind, I'm Karen Hopkin. Got a minute?

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The mayor of New York famously tried to ban super-sized sodas.

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But instead of legislating a drink's volume, maybe we should change its name.

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Because a new study shows that the words we use to describe portion size affect how much we actually consume.

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The findings are in the journal Health Economics.

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As portion sizes at many restaurants grow larger, so do our waistlines.

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Of course, no one says we have to finish that three-quarter pound burger or chug an entire Big Gulp.

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But what determines when we lay down the fork and push away from the table?

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To find out, researchers led by Brian Wansink of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab served up some spaghetti.

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Some volunteers received a portion labeled "regular," others got a dish described as "double size."

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Although both plates contained the same amount of pasta, people ate more when they thought their serving size was normal.

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Participants who thought they'd gotten the piggy-sized portion left 10 times more food on their plates.

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So if a big beverage were called, say, Double the Size of your Stomach," maybe we'd think twice about draining every last drop.

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Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Mind. I'm Karen Hopkin.

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