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at the University of Calgary, Alberta, carried out a randomized controlled trial of commercially available portion control plates and bowls in 2004.They randomly assigned 130 obese patients of average age 56 with type 2 diabetes mellitus (including 55 patients taking insulin) to one of two groups...
When dining at restaurants known for their jumbo portions, split an entree or take half home for later. Be mindful. Pay attention to how much butter you slather on bread and to the dressing you pour on your salad. Eat off smaller plates and bowls. A serving of pasta can look patheti...
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Results: The portion control plate produced smaller self-selected servings in both studies. However, the servings of vegetables selected were smaller than recommended portion sizes for both the portion control plate and the regular dinner plate. Conclusions: Portion control plates have the potential to...
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Specific portion control tools may be helpful as potentially effective instruments for inclusion as part of weight loss interventions. Reduced size plates per se may not be as effective as previously suggested. Publisher's Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional clai...
A previous study investigated whether allowing subjects greater control over the amount of food on their plates attenuated the effect of portion size on intake (Rolls, Morris, & Roe, 2002). As the amount of the pasta dish was increased across meals, some subjects were served a pre-plated por...
We also investigated whether women and men had different responses to variations in portion size; in an earlier study, men were found to be less likely than women to stop eating for external reasons, such as having cleaned their plates (19). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Subjects We recruited 51 male...
You’ve probably heard that eating entrees off of smaller plates can help you cut back, but not all portion-control strategies should be about eating less. "You can't make a decent salad on an eight-inch plate, sorry," says Georgie Fear, R.D., author of Lean Habits for Lifelong Weigh...