I came across a great article in the Press Telegram the other day about nutrition and how to better understand and take control of your eating habits. LeeAnn Weintraub, M.P.H., R.D states 'Are you someone who always gets popcorn at the movie theater or heads for the concessions stands at the ball game? What about late-night snacking on the couch while watching television? USC researchers recently gained interesting insight into why bad eating habits can be so hard to break. In an experiment, people entering a movie theater were given a bucket of either fresh popcorn or stale, week-old popcorn. The results were surprising: Those who didn't usually eat popcorn at the movies ate much less stale popcorn than fresh popcorn. However, people who said they typically eat popcorn at the movies ate about the same amount of popcorn whether it was stale or fresh. For moviegoers with a habit of eating popcorn at the theater, the taste of the popcorn did not matter like [...]