Offering smaller portions can help fight obesity

14 January 2015

During her dissertation research, Maartje Poelman developed the program PortionControl@HOME to stimulate weight loss. She found that a wide variety of package sizes are available and there is substantial inconsistency in package sizes and manufacturer recommended serving sizes.
Taken together, findings from this thesis showed that the current portion size food environment hinders healthy portion control food choices. Although portion control behaviour might be beneficial for weight-management, and was successfully improved after the PortionControl@HOME intervention, favorable effects on weight-loss were only established directly after the intervention and were not sustained.
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