Serrano is a contributor for TIME. Serrano is a contributor for TIME. People eat quickly for all kinds of reasons. Some have developed the habit because of modern-day time constraints. Others grew up ...

You probably learned to eat quickly out of necessity – rushing through breakfast before work, wolfing down lunch between meetings, or finishing dinner while watching TV. But your brain wasn’t designed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Person eating salad with fork and knife close up - siamionau pavel/Shutterstock When dining out at a restaurant, we tend to eat ...

People eat quickly for all kinds of reasons. Some have developed the habit because of modern-day time constraints. Others grew up in big families where you needed to eat quickly if you wanted seconds.