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By Mark Stibich, Ph.D., About.com
Updated: March 01, 2007
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Your "clean plate club" membership will make you overweight. Those 3 or 4 'last bites' to just finish up equal hundreds of calories everyday. Never clean your plate; always leave at least one bite of food. It may be difficult to throw away food, but that extra food is better in the garbage than in your body.
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