Research supports reduction in food product portion sizes

New research highlights the benefits of the food industry changing food product portion sizes in order to make healthier eating more normal. Historical increases in the portion sizes of commercially available food products are known to cause ‘passive’ overeating and have been linked to the emergence of the worldwide obesity crisis.
The researchers aimed to establish whether reducing a food portion size “renormalizes” perceptions of what constitutes a normal amount to eat and results in people selecting and consuming smaller portions of that food. An article about the research is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (News Item University of Liverpool, 30 April 2018).
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