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"I recently went out for lunch instead of eating at my desk like I do most days. I ordered a salad, which was delicious, and then made my way back to the office, assuming I'd be hungry again in a few hours. But then I wasn't\u2014no craving for an afternoon snack ever kicked in. It turns out, it could be because I savored every bite of my beets and goat cheese...and didn't send a single email while I did so.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nFor a study recently published in the *The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,* some participants ate while playing computer solitaire. A second group ate the same meal, but they didn't have any distractions\u2014just the food on their plates. [The results? The distracted eaters were worse at remembering what they had eaten\u2014and felt significantly less full just after lunch.](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/health/research/04behavior.html?ref=health) Jeffrey M. Brunstrom, a researcher in behavioral nutrition at the University of Bristol in England and one of the study's authors, said in the *New York Times,* \\\"Memory plays an important role in the regulation of food intake and distractions during eating disrupt that.\\\"\\n\\n\\n\\nThis is my favorite kind of diet tip. It has nothing to do with giving up the foods you love or even eating less of them\u2014it's just a tiny tweak to your behavior that might help you stick to that New Year's resolution.\\n\\n\\n\\nRELATED LINKS:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  [Daily Beauty Reporter: The Best Ways to Keep Your Resolution](http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2010/12/the-best-ways-to-keep-your-res.html)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  [Inside *Allure: Is Your Job Making You Fat?*](http://www.allure.com/magazine/2010/09/job_making_you_fat)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  [Daily Beauty Reporter: What Makes You Fall off a Diet?](http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2010/01/what-makes-you-fall-off-a-diet.html)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n[#image: /photos/577182c92554df47220a2bcd]||||||\\n\\n\\n\\n[The 411 on Lash Extensions](http://www.ivillage.com/411-lash-extensions/5-a-310093?ftr=iv:allure:conde)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  [The Fix: My Foundation Looks \\\"Caked On\\\"](http://www.ivillage.com/fix-my-foundation-looks-caked-help/5-a-310324?ftr=iv:allure:conde)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  [30 Ways to Get Better Sleep](http://www.ivillage.com/30-tips-better-sleep/4-b-309806?ftr=iv:allure:conde)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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