Role of Portion Size in the Context of a Healthy, Balanced Diet: A Case Study of European Countries.

ABSTRACT: Over the past decades, a generalised increase in food portion sizes has probably contributed to the growing global obesity epidemic. Increasing awareness of appropriate portion sizes could contribute to reversing this trend through better control of calorie intake. In this study, a comparison of standard portion sizes in European countries for various food categories shows a wide variability of their importance for food, nutrient, and energy consumption according to government and institutional websites. On the other hand, the overall averages appear to be largely in line with the values indicated by the Italian Society of Human Nutrition, which is the most comprehensive and detailed document among those evaluated. The exceptions are milk and yoghurt, for which the reference portions in Eu

SUBMITTER: Carruba MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10049364 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature