Portion distortion: Sizing up food servings

ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 8-14

  Kruskall, Laura J ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Nutrition Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b Didactic Program in Dietetics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diets; Food Preparation; Portion Size; Restaurants; Serving Size; Weight Control

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646933005     PISSN: 10915397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00135124-200605000-00007     Document Type: Review

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