The contribution of expanding portion sizes to the US obesity epidemic.

By L. Young, M. Nestle. American Journal of Public Health, 2002

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Subfields: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Nudge: Concept, Effectiveness, and Ethics (2017, background): “The size of packaging and the portions of food products has dramatically increased over the past 30 years (Young & Nestle, 2002), which in turn has affected our food consumption.”
THE ECONOMIC CAUSES OF OBESITY: A SURVEY (2008, neutral): “…and Allison, 1998; Barsh et al., 2000), advertisements on television (Taras and Gage, 1995; Gore et al., 2003), super-sizing at restaurants (Young and Nestle, 2002), consumption of fast food (Pereira et al., 2005), driving cars (Hinde and Dixon, 2005) and marketing of foods directly to…”
The obesity epidemic in the United States--gender, age, socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, and geographic characteristics: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis. (2007, background): “Examination of the current portions of food products against previous portions and dietary intake data collected from individuals consistently show that portion sizes have risen sharply in the United States (73, 75, 78) (appendix 3).”
Patterns and trends in food portion sizes, 1977-1998. (2003, background): “One recent study showed that most commonly available food portions exceeded the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standard portion sizes and that most foods are available in larger portion sizes than they were in the 1970s.(2) Another small study reported por”
Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity. (2004, background): “Several environmental agents, including reduced levels of physical activity (44), a decrease in smoking, increased portion size (2), eating outside the home and at fast-food restaurants, and changes in the types of food that are ingested (45), have been suggested.”
Drivers of food waste and their implications for sustainable policy development (2016, background): “These large portions encourage both waste and obesity (Young and Nestle, 2002).”
Economic causes and consequences of obesity. (2005, background): “Young & Nestle (79) provided evidence that serving sizes of virtually all food eaten away from home have increased over time.”