A global analysis of portion size recommendations in food-based dietary guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Since large food portion sizes (PS) lead to overconsumption, our objective was to review PS recommendations for commonly consumed food groups reported in Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDGs) globally and to assess variation in PS across countries and regions.

Methods

Consumer-oriented FBDGs from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) online repository were used to evaluate dietary recommendations, PS and number of portions for common food groups. Guidelines were classified for each group as qualitative, quantitative, or missing. A standardized approach was applied to convert PS recommendations given as household measures, cup equivalents, pieces and other measures into grams for cross comparison. Variation of recommended PS of common food groups within and ac

SUBMITTER: Salesse F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11615725 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature