Portion size and later food intake: evidence on the “normalizing” effect of reducing food portion sizes [PDF]
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2018 Historical increases in the size of commercially available food products have been linked to the emergence of a worldwide obesity crisis. Although the acute effect that portion size has on food intake is well established, the effect that exposure to smaller portion sizes has on future portion size selection has not been examined.We tested whether ...
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A qualitative exploration of food portion size practices and awareness of food portion size guidance in first-time parents of one- to two-year-olds living in the UK [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Food portion size guidance resources aimed at parents of young children in the UK are freely available from a number of credible sources. However, little is known about whether parents are aware of, and use, any of these resources to guide ...
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How big is too big? A qualitative study of discretionary food portion size norms among Australian consumers [PDF]
Public Health NutritionObjective: The high availability of energy-dense nutrient-poor discretionary foods in large serving and package sizes may have shifted portion size norms (described as a typical perception of how much people choose to eat from a given food at a single ...
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Development and evaluation of image-series for portion size estimation in dietary assessment among adults [PDF]
Journal of Nutritional Science, 2021 Portion size images are advantageous in dietary assessment. The aim of the present study was to develop and validate new culturally specific image-series for portion size estimation to be used in a new Norwegian version of a British web-based dietary ...
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Menu labeling and portion size control to improve the out‐of‐home food environment: A scoping review [PDF]
Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and MethodsBackground Menu labeling and portion size control interventions may be effective strategies to mitigate the health risks posed by the out‐of‐home food environment.
Kathiresan Jeyashree +11 more
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A global analysis of portion size recommendations in food-based dietary guidelines [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionObjectiveSince large food portion sizes (PS) lead to overconsumption, our objective was to review PS recommendations for commonly consumed food groups reported in Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDGs) globally and to assess variation in PS across ...
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The Role of Social Norms in the Portion Size Effect: Reducing normative relevance reduces the effect of portion size on consumption decisions [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 People typically eat more from large portions of food than from small portions. An explanation that has often been given for this so-called portion size effect is that the portion size acts as a social norm and as such communicates how much is ...
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Potential moderators of the portion size effect
Physiology and Behavior, 2019 The robust effect of portion size on intake has led to growing interest in why individuals consume more food when served larger portions. A number of explanations have been proposed, and this review aims to provide insight into potential underlying factors by summarizing recent studies testing moderators of the portion size effect.Provision of portion ...
Faris M Zuraikat +2 more
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Effect of Shape, Size, and Color of the Food Plate on Consumer Perception of Energy Value, Portion Size, Attractiveness, and Expected Price of Dessert [PDF]
FoodsThe development of new dishes in the catering services market requires an understanding of consumers’ needs, expectations, and motivations for their choices.
Artur Głuchowski +2 more
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Portion size and consistency as indicators of complementary food energy intake [PDF]
Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2021 We evaluated whether novel portion size and consistency indicators can identify children with low complementary food energy intake in southern Ethiopia.
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