Eating pasta is not fattening and actually decreases the chances of becoming obese, a new Italian study has found.

For centuries Mediterranean diets have enjoyed a healthy reputation, but in recent years more and more people have been shunning pasta, believing it to be fattening.

A new survey of more than 23,000 people, however, has linked pasta consumption to both lower body mass and waist-to-hip ratio.

It’s in the paper so it must be true, right?