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Last supper 'has been super-sized', say obesity experts (BBC News Online, 23 March 2010)

23 Mar 2010

A Cornell University team has used computer-aided technology to examine the portion and plate sizes in 52 paintings of the Last Supper. They have shown a substantial increase in both over the last millenia, suggesting that increasing portion sizes in real life could be at least partly to blame for the current prevalence of obesity.

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