{"id":10207,"date":"2012-04-09T07:28:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T13:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=10207"},"modified":"2016-12-25T01:13:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T06:13:43","slug":"poka-yoke-overeating-overweight-lose-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poka-yoke-overeating-overweight-lose-weight\/10207\/","title":{"rendered":"How Not to Get Fat: Facebook Cafeteria Prevents Overeating Through Poka Yoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Few of us think of eating as a process, but it is. And, just like any process, there are wastes that can be categorized into the <a title=\"7 wastes of lean, timwood, downtime\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/purpose-and-process\/8326\/\">7 Wastes<\/a>. \u00a0For example, one could even commit Overproduction &#8211; in other words, eat more than is needed. The customer in this case is your stomach. Religious folks call this Gluttony. But, we&#8217;ll steer away from anything religious.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>Other Poka-Yoke Examples and Articles<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"reduce what you eat with this nifty trick from facebook cafeteria\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poka-yoke-overeating-overweight-lose-weight\/10207\/\">Limit Food Consumption Poka Yoke<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"coffee cup has serious problems bro\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/a-coffee-cup-taught-me-about-poka-yoke-human-errors\/12986\/\">Why This Coffee Cup has Issues<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"how to prevent errors through public humiliation\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poka-yoke-examples-prevent-error-embarrasment\/9511\/\">How to Prevent Errors Through Humiliation<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"can't skateboard on this park bench\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/no-skateboarding-sign-a-poka-yoke-approach\/9448\/\">No Skateboarding Here<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"how to make sure the toilet seat cover is always down\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/carnival-cruise-reviews-toilet-poka-yoke\/9398\/\">Toilet Seat Poka Yoke<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"atm machine creates problems\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/to-err-is-human-atm-machine-poka-yoke\/9320\/\">This ATM Sucks and Causes Problems<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"method for checking for errors\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/how-to-check-for-errors\/9292\/\">How to Check for Errors<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"error proof dyslexia through this font\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/dyslexia-treatment-poka-yoke-innovation-standard-work\/9251\/\">How to Error Proof Dyslexia<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"error proof your baby stroller\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poka-yoke-baby-stroller-fail\/7242\/\">Why this Baby Stroller Will Hurt Your Child<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"door knob safety poka yoke\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/everyday-poka-yoke-door-knob-safety\/2512\/\">Can Your Child Open the Door Knob?<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"prevent theft through this simple poka yoke\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/everyday-poka-yoke-preventing-theft\/1993\/\">Prevent Theft Poka Yoke<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"how to prevent prescription drug abuse - one company's approach\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poka-yoke-pharmaceuticals\/1424\/\">Prescription Drug Abuse Error Proofing<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"zero defects via poka yoke\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/cost-of-poor-quality-poka-yoke\/451\/\">Can Poka Yoke Help us Reach Zero Defects?<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"eye protection during war poka yoke\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/root-cause-genchi-genbutsu-design-thinking\/439\/\">Poka Yoke Example of Eye Protection During War<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"system design poka yoke\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poka-yoke-system-design-how-to-mistake-proof-your-processes\/9131\/\">Poka Yoke System Design Ideas<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"be careful with that forklift\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/forklift-and-conveyor-safety\/8484\/\">Conveyor Safety via Poka Yoke<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<BR>\n<p>The point is this: if you&#8217;re eating more than your body needs, you&#8217;re overproducing and getting more calories than you need. The result? You&#8217;ll probably gain weight. Interestingly, Facebook knows all about this and has come up with an interesting way to <a title=\"error proof\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/about-peter-abilla\/what-is-poka-yoke\/\">mistake-proof<\/a> the eating process <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-10207-1' id='fnref-10207-1' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(10207)'>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook is growing and is in need of expanding their Headquarters. And, they&#8217;ve needed to look at their approach for providing free food to their employees, a perk that Facebook employees really love. But, how do they avoid the behavior that almost always comes with anything &#8220;free&#8221; attached to it, especially &#8220;free food&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>What do you see in the picture below? Or, more accurate, what don&#8217;t you see?\u00a0Notice there is no tray &#8212; Facebook thinks you&#8217;ll eat too much unless you only carry a plate. In other words, this is a way to <a title=\"poka yoke\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/about-peter-abilla\/what-is-poka-yoke\/\">Poka-Yoke<\/a> the waste of overeating.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10208 aligncenter\" title=\"facebook-cafeteria-menu\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/facebook-cafeteria-menu.jpg\" alt=\"facebook poka yoke\" width=\"618\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/facebook-cafeteria-menu.jpg 618w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/facebook-cafeteria-menu-600x413.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What do you think? 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