Not necessarily. Instead of filling that fifth plate overeaters will know that they will pay for the stuff they leave in their plate. So perhaps that fifth plate will have less food in it.

>Instead of the fat going in the trash it will now be on your hips... :o) When I was growing up we had the rule 'finish everything on your plate.' I do not have that rule. I think it teaches overeating. Somehow the lesson to take less to begin with never sinks in. Given the percentage of overweight Americans I don't think it is rare...
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>>I heard of a new trend over here. Some places do that already. 'All you can eat' but you pay extra for whatever's left in your plate when you leave the place.
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>>Perhaps the solution to that food wasting.
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>>>Any time I walk into a "Mandarin" ('all you can eat' Chinese (Canadian Chinese)) restaurant, I marvel at the amount of food that must be wasted. People take huge platesful over and over, and usually the last one is about half finished. I also wonder what happens to the food left over at the end of the day. There must be tons.
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>>>>I was surprised:
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>>>>http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20041122/foodwaste.html
>>>>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080508185621.fb31km8r&show_article=1
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>>>>I couldn't find anything more recent on Americans - I'm sure we've caught up, if not surpassed, the Brits on food waste.