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<H1>Last Supper’s size has grown over time</H1>
<DIV class="details nested grid-8"><SPAN>Marilynn Marchione<BR>Associated Press
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<P>Has even the Last Supper been supersized?</P>
<P>The food in famous paintings of the meal has grown by biblical proportions
over the last millennium, researchers report in a medical
journal Tuesday.</P>
<P>Using a computer, they compared the size of the food to the size of the heads
in 52 paintings of Jesus Christ and his disciples at their final meal before
his death.</P>
<P>If art imitates life, we’re in trouble, the researchers conclude. The size of
the main dish grew 69 percent; the size of the plate, 66 percent, and the bread,
23 percent, between the years 1000 and 2000.</P>
<P>Supersizing is considered a modern phenomenon, but “what we see recently may
be just a more noticeable part of a very long trend,” said Brian Wansink, a food
behavior scientist at Cornell University.</P>
<P>The study was his idea. For biblical context, he sought help from his
brother, Craig Wansink, professor of religious studies at Virginia Wesleyan
College in Norfolk, Va., and an ordained Presbyterian minister.</P>
<P>The Bible says the Last Supper took place on a Passover evening but gives
little detail on specific foods besides bread and wine.</P>
<P>For the study, Wansink used paintings featured in the book “Last Supper,”
published in 2000 by Phaidon Press. They include perhaps the most famous
portrayal of the meal, by Leonardo da Vinci. Computer technology allowed them to
scan, rotate and calculate images regardless of their orientation in
the paintings.</P>
<P>Details are in the April issue of the International Journal
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