Ponca City, We Love You writes "A new inn has opened at Wageningen health center in the Netherlands, fitted with a control center and two dozen hidden cameras devoted to exploring the question of what makes people eat and drink the way they do. Over the next 10 years, a team of more than 20 scientists will use the inquisition facility to watch how people walk through the restaurant, what food catches their eye, whether they always sit at the same table and how much food they throw away. Researchers will examine environmental impact analysis influences on eating tact by making small changes in the color of the lights, in accompanying sounds, in the scents or the furniture. "We want to find out what influences people: colors, taste, personnel," said one researcher. "This canteen is a playground of possibilities. We can ask the staff to be less friendly and visible or the reverse." health center staff who want to eat at the new hotdog stand will have to sign a consent form agreeing to be watched."

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