How to Pick the Perfect Portion -- References
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References
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Dietary approaches to the treatment of obesity. Rolls, B. J., Bell, E. A., Medical Clinics of North America 2000 Mar;84(2):401-418.
Eating as an automatic behavior. Cohen D., Farley, T. A., Preventing Chronic Disease 2008 Jan;5(1):A23.
The ecology of eating: smaller portion sizes in France than in the United States help explain the French paradox. Rozin, P. et al., Psychological Science 2003 Sep;14(5):450-454.
The effect of large portion sizes on energy intake is sustained for 11 days. Rolls, B. J. et al., Obesity 2007 Jun;15(6):1535-1543.
Increased portion size leads to increased energy intake in a restaurant meal. Diliberti N. et al., Obesity Research 2004 Mar;12(3):562-568.
Larger portion sizes lead to a sustained increase in energy intake over 2 days. Rolls, B. J. et al., Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2006 Apr;106(4):543-549.
Patterns and trends in food portion sizes, 1977-1998. Nielsen, S. J., Popkin, B. M., Journal of the American Medical Association 2003 Jan 22-29;289(4):450-453.
Secular trends in patterns of self-reported food consumption of adult Americans: NHANES 1971-1975 to NHANES 1999-2002. Kant, A. K., Graubard, B. I., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006 Nov;84(5):1215-1223.
