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Title: Lord's Last Supper up 69%
Post by: pxib on March 23, 2010, 04:53:23 PM
What Would Jesus Eat: (http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/mar/23/last-supper-supersized-food-paintings)
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The study, published today in the International Journal of Obesity, found that the size of the meals in the paintings had grown by 69% over the 1,000-year period. Plate size had increased by 66%, while bread size had risen by 22%.


Title: Re: Lord's Last Supper up 69%
Post by: Yegolev on March 23, 2010, 05:18:32 PM
This must be the most scientific study ever.


Title: Re: Lord's Last Supper up 69%
Post by: Teleku on March 23, 2010, 05:19:46 PM
/cornell


Title: Re: Lord's Last Supper up 69%
Post by: LK on March 23, 2010, 05:29:23 PM
Wow. That's fucking *hilarious*. Seriously.


Title: Re: Lord's Last Supper up 69%
Post by: Raging Turtle on March 23, 2010, 05:34:00 PM
This must be the most scientific study ever.

It's actually probably pretty easy to compare portion size across pictures. 


Title: Re: Lord's Last Supper up 69%
Post by: NowhereMan on March 23, 2010, 06:26:30 PM
You know how you hear about Universities funding bullshit studies because they know they'll get press coverage and attention? No? Yeah, me neither.


Title: Re: Lord's Last Supper up 69%
Post by: Paelos on March 24, 2010, 06:26:39 PM
You know how you hear about Universities funding bullshit studies because they know they'll get press coverage and attention? No? Yeah, me neither.

Size matters!