Diners listening to slower music approach eating more calmly, chew their food more thoroughly, and linger longer at the table, a new study from Italy has found.
At the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, investigators performed an experiment to determine how music tempo affects diners’ eating behaviors by evoking emotions.
Their results, published recently in the journal Food Quality and Preference, show that music has the potential to help people change their eating habits—possibly benefitting those with eating disorders as well as those who are dieting or simply wish to limit or moderate their food intake.
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