Portion Sizes in 'Last Supper' Paintings Grew Over Time

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Nutrition experts have analyzed the food depicted in some of the best-known paintings of the biblical Last Supper and found that the portion and plate sizes depicted in them increased substantially from older paintings to those painted more recently.


The findings suggest the trend of bigger plates and portions that has been noticed recently and linked to obesity may have been in the works for much longer, the researchers suggest.

maybae it's just a painting and some should stop trying to read too much into the size of the plates

So Da Vinci is to blame for all the fat kids today?

That works for me.

"Try the mulled wine"

^^^martini glass gets bigger and bigger over time^^^

who do you think invented the "big gulp?"

Yes, that painting has caused millions of people through the years to overeat and not exercise enough.

I guess that painting was the start to the end of personal responsibility. Check.

and those most impacted are the poor and single moms...

funny how that works that way....

I wonder how we can spin this to be Bush's fault?

Comparing ppaintings of the last supper over time sorta parallels comparing photos of DQ from grade school on...

More and more food in the last supper paintings and more and more hair in Deek's pics!