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Here's another humdinger from the Center For Stating The Obvious: When we see food, we eat it, Brian Wansink, author of "Mindless Eating" and head of Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab, tells CNN. Wansink explains, "We believe we have all the free will in the world. We believe we overeat if the food is good or if we're really hungry. In reality, those are two of the last things that determine how much we eat." Wansink experimented with jars of chocolate in office cubicles and found that the closer the employees were to the candy, the more candy they ate. "If it's really convenient and there's nothing to stop us from reaching out and grabbing something, we'll continue to do something until something tells us to stop." People also eat more if they're dining "family style," eating directly from the bag or carton, on a bigger plate or in front of the TV. Mr. Wansink doesn't mention what happens when you write about candy but our research shows we are so effing hungry right now. [CNN]