Talk:Mindless Eating

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This article was written by the author of the book and reads like a pitch. 71.175.40.249 (talk) 21:34, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

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Mindless Eating[edit] The Mindless Eating page is interesting because it is about a book written by a Cornell professor regarding a very pertinent nutrition and psychology topic. The content of the book is not fully fleshed out and could be improved. The list of chapters did not seem to fit the rest of the Wikipedia page; it was somewhat distracting because no other information. I would suggest either taking that out or adding summaries of each chapter.

The best section of the article is the "Mindless Eating Challenge" and "Effectiveness" paragraphs because they provide the most factual information while still being easy to read. The paragraphs on "psychology" and "environment" could use more specificity in the actual studies that Dr. Wansink wrote about.

In terms of maintaining a neutral viewpoint, I think this is the most lacking area. The majority of the references are of Dr. Wansink's work which only provides one perspective and body of work. Incorporating other researchers could help balance this out.

More logistical adjustments need to be made as well; many of the citation links are no longer active. This means that many of the claims made in the body of the article are not supported. Saritaben (talk) 23:17, 17 March 2018 (UTC)saritaben