A new study confirms that people have difficulty judging how much food they eat. This can pose a problem since excessive amounts of food are frequently available to us. Ideally, our internal hunger ...

Here's something wild to think about. Around sixty percent of adults in the United States report they're trying to eat more protein, yet it's estimated the vast majority of adults already meet or ...

It can't just be me who really struggles with how big food portions should be. How much rice per person is the right amount? How much is one portion of pasta?! And it's not just how much pasta and ...

WASHINGTON — A majority of consumers were confused about portion size and serving size in a survey of 1,000 US adults presented Jan. 26 by the International Food Information Council. Less than half of ...

Despite varied approaches to defining portion sizes, a global study reveals that cultural and economic factors shape dietary recommendations more than scientific methods—raising questions about how to ...

The British Nutrition Foundation released this month new portion-size guidelines designed to help people eat the right amounts of each food group – and possibly help them avoid overeating. “It’s ...

In a bid to raise awareness around portion sizes and encourage people to eat more balanced diets, the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) today (14 January) launched a portion size guide, Find Your ...

Portion distortion in America is one of the main reasons why 70 percent of our country is considered overweight or obese. A review published in the Journal of Critical Reviews in Food Science and ...

Food research and training charity IGD is urging food and drink businesses in the UK to consider portion reduction as part of their strategy to meet national public health targets and reduce calorie ...

Young kids (aged 3 to 5) were found to be highly susceptible to overeating when given larger portion sizes, challenging the "self-regulation" theory, in which children are claimed to have a natural ...