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Portion, Package or Tableware Size for Changing Selection and Consumption of Food, Alcohol, and Tobacco

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Systematic Review

Source: The Cochrane Collaborative

Last Reviewed: September 2015

Workgroups: Substance Use Workgroup, Nutrition and Weight Status Workgroup

In this Cochrane systematic review, the Cochrane Collaborative found that policies and practices that reduce the size, availability, and appeal of larger‐sized food portions, packages, and tableware may reduce how much food people eat. Researchers also found that it isn’t clear if reducing smaller-sized portions is as effective as reducing larger-sized portions.

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce the proportion of people aged 21 years and over who engaged in binge drinking in the past month — SU‑10
LHI label
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

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Hollands, G.J., Shemilt, I., Marteau, T.M., Jebb, S.A., Lewis, H.B., Wei, Y., Higgins, J.P.T. & Ogilvie, D. (2015). Portion, package or tableware size for changing selection and consumption of food, alcohol and tobacco. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015 (9). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011045.pub2.