ArticleNutrients2018
The Feasibility and Acceptability of Two Methods of Snack Portion Control in United Kingdom (UK) Preschool Children: Reduction and Replacement.
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- The impact of the Change4Life Food Scanner app on children's diets and parental psychological outcomes: a randomised pilot and feasibility study.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Reductions to main meal portion sizes reduce daily energy intake regardless of perceived normality of portion size: a 5 day cross-over laboratory experiment.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Trial
- 'You just eyeball it': Parent and nursery staff perceptions and influences on child portion size: A reflexive thematic analysis.Nutrition and health · 2025Article
- From preschool to policy: A scoping review of recommended interventions for a systems approach to improve dietary intake in early childhood.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Article
- Snack Confusion: Parents perceive baby, child and adult snacks as more similar than they actually are.Current research in food science · 2025Article
- Free sugar intake from snacks and beverages in Canadian preschool- and toddler-aged children: a cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
- A Narrative Review of Dietary Assessment Tools for Preschool-Aged Children in the Home Environment.Nutrients · 2022Review
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- Snack Portion Sizes for Preschool Children Are Predicted by Caregiver Portion Size, Caregiver Feeding Practices and Children's Eating Traits.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Maternal Decisions on Portion Size and Portion Control Strategies for Snacks in Preschool Children.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Identifying Barriers to Reducing Portion Size: A Qualitative Focus Group Study of British Men and Women.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Binge-Type Eating in Rats is Facilitated by Neuromedin U Receptor 2 in the Nucleus Accumbens and Ventral Tegmental Area.Nutrients · 2019Article
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Abstract
Large portions of high energy dense (HED) snacks are offered to children from a young age and are pervasive in our food environment. This study aimed to explore the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of two strategies of snack portion control: reduction and replacement. Forty-six mother-child dyads aged 22⁻56 months (36.6 ± 9.5 m, 48% female) completed a three-week intervention. In week 1 (baseline) no changes were made to the child's diet; week 2 (acclimation) children received a standardised selection of HED snacks, and in week 3 (intervention) participants were randomly assigned to snack replacement (
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