Trial reportAppetite2016
What is eaten when all of the foods at a meal are served in large portions?
Trial report in Appetite, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of energy density on energy intake in children and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.European journal of nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Downsizing food: a systematic review and meta-analysis examining the effect of reducing served food portion sizes on daily energy intake and body weight.The British journal of nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Poorer inhibitory control was related to greater food intake across meals varying in portion size: A randomized crossover trial.Appetite · 2024Trial
- Children's Portion Selection Is Predicted by Food Liking and Is Related to Intake in Response to Increased Portions.The Journal of nutrition · 2022Trial
- Portion size can be used strategically to increase intake of vegetables and fruits in young children over multiple days: a cluster-randomized crossover trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Trial
- Increased brain and behavioural susceptibility to portion size in children with loss of control eating.Pediatric obesity · 2019Trial
- Doggy bags and downsizing: Packaging uneaten food to go after a meal attenuates the portion size effect in women.Appetite · 2018Trial
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- "The Big Three" properties of food that drive intake.Physiology & behavior · 2025Review
- PACE: a Novel Eating Behavior Phenotype to Assess Risk for Obesity in Middle Childhood.The Journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Children's Energy Intake Generally Increases in Response to the Energy Density of Meals but Varies with the Amounts and Types of Foods Served.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
- Children with lower ratings of executive functions have a greater response to the portion size effect.Appetite · 2023Article
- Weight Gain Recommendations for Athletes and Military Personnel: a Critical Review of the Evidence.Current nutrition reports · 2022Review
- Promoting vegetable intake in preschool children: Independent and combined effects of portion size and flavor enhancement.Appetite · 2021Article
- Overeating in Restrained and Unrestrained Eaters.Frontiers in nutrition · 2020Article
- Associations between inhibitory control, eating behaviours and adiposity in 6-year-old children.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2019Article
- Potential moderators of the portion size effect.Physiology & behavior · 2019Review
- Understanding the science of portion control and the art of downsizing.The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society · 2018Review
- Does the cost of a meal influence the portion size effect?Appetite · 2018Article
- Brain response to food cues varying in portion size is associated with individual differences in the portion size effect in children.Appetite · 2018Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Portion size affects intake, but when all foods are served in large portions, it is unclear whether every food will be consumed in greater amounts. We varied the portion size (PS) of all foods at a meal to investigate the influence of food energy density (ED) on the PS effect as well as that of palatability and subject characteristics. In a crossover design, 48 women ate lunch in the laboratory on four occasions. The meal had three medium-ED foods (pasta, bread, cake) and three low-ED foods (broccoli, tomatoes, grapes), which were simultaneously varied in PS across meals (100%, 133%, 167%, or 200% of baseline amounts). The results showed that the effect of PS on the weight of food consumed did not differ between medium-ED and low-ED foods (p < 0.0001). Energy intake, however, was substantially affected by food ED across all portions served, with medium-ED foods contributing 86% of energy. Doubling the portions of all foods increased meal energy intake by a mean (±SEM) of 900 ± 117 kJ (215 ± 28 kcal; 34%). As portions were increased, subjects consumed a smaller proportion of the amount served; this response was characterized by a quadratic curve. The strongest predictor of the weight of food consumed was the weight of food served, both for the entire meal (p < 0.0001) and for individual foods (p = 0.014); subject characteristics explained less variability. Intake in response to larger portions was greater for foods that subjects ranked higher in taste (p < 0.0001); rankings were not related to food ED. This study demonstrates the complexity of the PS effect. While the response to PS can vary between individuals, the effect depends primarily on the amounts of foods offered and their palatability compared to other available foods.
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