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So the conclusion that can be drawn from the article is that if you can't control your portions, eat early. If you can control your portions, as she says Europeans do, then it's fine to eat late.

So then the issue really at hand isn't eating time, it's portion size.

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I disagree. The issue at hand is both, and they are handled in different ways by different people.

> If you can control your portions, as she says Europeans do,

Spanish portions can be huge. A paella "starter" could feed 2 people for a main course. UK portions sizes are growing, too. My Slovenian friend says they have huge portions in Slovenia, where quantity is valued over quality.

It's very hard to generalise about Europe and its ~600 million inhabitants.

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