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Mitigating the health risks of dining out: The need for standardized portion sizes in restaurants

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  • Cohen, D.A.
  • Story, M.

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Because restaurants routinely serve food with more calories than people need, dining out represents a risk factor for overweight, obesity, and other diet-related chronic diseases. Most people lack the capacity to judge the caloric content of food and there is limited evidence that people make use of calorie-labeling information when it is available. Standardized portion sizes would not preclude people from eating as much as they want, but would make the amount they are getting fully transparent. We describe the potential benefits and means of implementing a systemof standardized portion sizes that might facilitate a healthier diet among the US population.

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  • Cohen, D.A. & Story, M., 2014. "Mitigating the health risks of dining out: The need for standardized portion sizes in restaurants," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 104(4), pages 586-590.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301692_3
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301692
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    1. Yingru Li & Ting Du & Jian Peng, 2018. "Understanding Out-of-Home Food Environment, Family Restaurant Choices, and Childhood Obesity with an Agent-Based Huff Model," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-15, May.
    2. Giuntella, Osea & Mazzonna, Fabrizio, 2016. "If You Don't Snooze You Lose: Evidence on Health and Weight," IZA Discussion Papers 9773, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Osea Giuntella & Fabrizio Mazzonna, 2015. "If You Don’t Snooze You Lose Health and Gain Weight Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design," IdEP Economic Papers 1505, USI Università della Svizzera italiana.
    4. Vivica Kraak & Sofia Rincón-Gallardo Patiño & Deepthi Renukuntla & Eojina Kim, 2019. "Progress Evaluation for Transnational Restaurant Chains to Reformulate Products and Standardize Portions to Meet Healthy Dietary Guidelines and Reduce Obesity and Non-Communicable Disease Risks, 2000–," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(15), pages 1-31, July.
    5. Guadalupe X. Ayala & Iana A. Castro & Julie L. Pickrel & Shih-Fan Lin & Christine B. Williams & Hala Madanat & Hee-Jin Jun & Michelle Zive, 2017. "A Cluster Randomized Trial to Promote Healthy Menu Items for Children: The Kids’ Choice Restaurant Program," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-16, December.
    6. Judy Harris & Veronica L. Thomas, 2017. "The Influence of Bundling and Caloric Knowledge on Calories Ordered and Purchase Intent," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(1), pages 113-132, March.

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