Can serving-size labels reduce the portion-size effect? A pilot study

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-42

  Spanos, Samantha ^a   Kenda, Andree S ^a   Vartanian, Lenny R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

College women; Food intake; Labeling; Portion size; Serving size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PILOT STUDY; PORTION SIZE; TASTE; ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PORTION SIZE; SERVING SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909998734     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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