Whether smaller plates reduce consumption depends on who’s serving and who’s looking: A meta-analysis

Journal of the Association for Consumer Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 134-145

  Holden, Stephen S ^a   Zlatevska, Natalina ^b   Dubelaar, Chris ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85090540877     PISSN: 23781815     EISSN: 23781823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/684441     Document Type: Article

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