Professor Brian Wansink, Cornell Food & Brand Lab (IMAGE)

Cornell Food & Brand Lab

Professor Brian Wansink, Cornell Food & Brand Lab

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Professors Brian (pictured) and Craig Wansink teamed up to analyze the amount of food depicted in 52 of the best-known paintings of the Last Supper. They found that portion size, plate size and bread size increased dramatically over the last 1,000 years.

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