Rolling Pin (IMAGE)

Penn State

Rolling Pin

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The researchers tested the influence of food volume on calorie intake by systematically reducing the flake size of a breakfast cereal with a rolling pin so that the cereal was more compact and the same weight filled a smaller volume.

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Barbara Rolls, Penn State

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