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International Journal of Obesity objavio je članak o tome kako su se porcije hrane postepeno uvećavale tokom proteklih hiljadu godina. Zanimljivo je to da je ova studija sprovedena na osnovu naslikane hrane, i to one naslikane na najpoznatijim predstavama Tajne večere. Za jedinicu mere uzimana je veličina glave predstavljenih likova, koja je upoređivana sa veličinom naslikanih tanjira, porcija u njima i komadima naslikanog hleba.
Citat:The study, by a Cornell University professor and his brother who is a Presbyterian minister and a religious studies professor, showed that the sizes of the portions and plates in the artworks, which were painted over the past millennium, have gradually grown by between 23 and 69 percent.
This finding suggests that the phenomenon of serving bigger portions on bigger plates, which pushes people to overeat, has also occurred gradually over the same time period, said Brian Wansink, director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab.
"The last thousand years have witnessed dramatic increases in the production, availability, safety, abundance and affordability of food," Wansink, author of "Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think," said in a statement.
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11∫_new=37007
Citat:"We think that as art imitates life, these changes have been reflected in paintings of history's most famous dinner."
U ovoj izjavi Brajana Vansinka, koji je uz svog brata autor ove studije, sporan je deo koji se odnosi na to da umetnost podražava život. Sporan je utoliko što umetnost najčešće podražava umetnost, te da se razlozi za određene pojave unutar umetnosti moraju tražiti i unutar same umetničke praskse, u okvirima umetničkih uticaja i tradicije, nikada sasvim slobodno i u potpunosti izvan tih okvira.
Da su autori studije malo šire posmatrali slike sa predstavama hrane, nastale tokom prethodnog milenijuma, mogli bi lako doći do zaključka da Evropljani do šesnaestog veka uopšte nisu jeli meso, a da su u šesnaestom veku odjednom postali veoma proždrljivi. 
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-.....1075.story
http://www.rsplaneta.com/Zanimljivosti/42-Zanimlji.....odsto.html
http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ijo201037a.html
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