Researchers from Osaka University examined eating habits of 3,000 people and reported it in the British Medical Journal whatever they found.

A UK nutrition expert says that problems in signaling systems that inform body to eat no more may play a role in obesity. He believes that deliberate slow down at mealtimes may affect on weight.

This new study examined the relation between eating speed, obesity and feelings of satiety. Almost half of the 3,000 people included in the study told researchers that they ate quickly.

The researchers found that people who ate quickly were 84% more likely to be overweight, and similarly women had almost a twofold risk of becoming obese.

Similarly, those who ate quickly and until satiety were three times more likely to become overweight.

According to Ian McDonald (a Professor from the University of Nottingham), there are many reasons that show why fast eating speed can be bad for the body weight.

“When you eat quickly, you fill your stomach before getting your gastric feedback and thus have chances to develop a habit of overfilling the things.”

He said that quick eating was a behaviour that one might adopt in infancy; however, it could be changed, but not easily.