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"You know the painting &amp;quot;The Last Supper,&amp;quot; well researchers have turned to it for an unlikely reason: a study on the incredible, expanding portion sizes over the last 1,000 years. Your art, and nutrition, lesson for today ... Cornell food psychologist and the author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, published a study in the April 2010 issue of the International Journal of Obesity, that found that the size of entrees in 52 paintings depicting the &amp;quot;Last Supper&amp;quot; have increased by 66 percent, overall, compared to typical meal sizes that we eat today. In addition, plate sizes seemed to increase by 66 percent, and bread size jumped by 23 percent. Our lesson? Well, we, as a society, eat too much. We&amp;#x27;re genetically wired for more, more, more--but let this ancient painting remind you to go easy on the serving sizes. Interesting stuff, huh? P.S. Ellen Pompeo&amp;#x27;s healthy lunches are a great way to keep your portion sizes in check. Plus, put this fruit on your shopping list. Researchers say it&amp;#x27;s a cancer fighter! More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter! Sign Up for Body By Glamour! Photo: Bridgeman Art Gallery via Times Online/UK"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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