Children's Portion Selection Is Predicted by Food Liking and Is Related to Intake in Response to Increased Portions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

When children choose amounts of food to eat, it is unclear what influences the portions they select and whether their selections are related to the amounts they consume.

Objectives

Using a computer survey, we investigated the effect of food liking on portion selection in middle childhood and examined how children's selections were related to measured intake at meals in which portions of all foods were varied across 4 test days.

Methods

Fifty-one children aged 7-10 y completed a computer survey of 20 common foods with a range of energy density. For each food, the survey presented sliding scales with 5 images varying in portion size and children indicated their liking and the amount they would eat at a specified meal or snack. On 4 test days in a randomized c

SUBMITTER: Diktas HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9535443 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature