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Article

The Role of Dishware Size in the Perception of Portion Size in Children and Adolescents with Obesity

by
Annica Franziska Dörsam
1,
Alisa Weiland
1,
Helene Sauer
1,
Katrin Elisabeth Giel
1,
Nanette Stroebele-Benschop
2,
Stephan Zipfel
1,
Paul Enck
1 and
Isabelle Mack
1,*
1
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
2
Institute of Nutritional Medicine, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nutrients 2021, 13(6), 2062; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13062062
Submission received: 12 May 2021 / Revised: 2 June 2021 / Accepted: 11 June 2021 / Published: 16 June 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Pediatric Nutrition)
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Abstract

Purpose: The influence of dishware on portion size perception in children and adolescents is inconclusive. This study investigated how children and adolescents with both obesity and a normal weight perceived portion size in different sized and shaped dishware items. Methods: The study included 60 children and adolescents with overweight and obesity (OBE) and 27 children and adolescents with normal weight (NW) aged from 9 to 17 years. The participants estimated quantities in three pairs of drinking glasses, one pair of bowls and two pairs of plates which varied in size and shape. The children were instructed to state intuitively which portion they would choose for big or small thirst/hunger. Thereafter they were asked to determine the exact amount by answering which dishware item contained the larger/smaller portion (cognitive evaluation). Results: There were no substantial differences in the intuitive evaluation of portion sizes between OBE and NW. During the cognitive evaluation, OBE estimated the amount of water in the glasses more correctly compared to NW (61% vs. 43%; p = 0.008); OBE estimated the amount of lentils in the bowls and on the plates significantly less correctly (39%) compared to NW (56%; p = 0.013). Conclusions: Habit formation and environmental stimuli might play a greater role in estimating food amounts in dishware than the child’s and adolescent’s body weight.
Keywords: children; adolescents; obesity; overweight; dishware; portion size children; adolescents; obesity; overweight; dishware; portion size

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Dörsam, A.F.; Weiland, A.; Sauer, H.; Giel, K.E.; Stroebele-Benschop, N.; Zipfel, S.; Enck, P.; Mack, I. The Role of Dishware Size in the Perception of Portion Size in Children and Adolescents with Obesity. Nutrients 2021, 13, 2062. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13062062

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Dörsam AF, Weiland A, Sauer H, Giel KE, Stroebele-Benschop N, Zipfel S, Enck P, Mack I. The Role of Dishware Size in the Perception of Portion Size in Children and Adolescents with Obesity. Nutrients. 2021; 13(6):2062. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13062062

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Dörsam, Annica Franziska, Alisa Weiland, Helene Sauer, Katrin Elisabeth Giel, Nanette Stroebele-Benschop, Stephan Zipfel, Paul Enck, and Isabelle Mack. 2021. "The Role of Dishware Size in the Perception of Portion Size in Children and Adolescents with Obesity" Nutrients 13, no. 6: 2062. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13062062

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Dörsam, A. F., Weiland, A., Sauer, H., Giel, K. E., Stroebele-Benschop, N., Zipfel, S., Enck, P., & Mack, I. (2021). The Role of Dishware Size in the Perception of Portion Size in Children and Adolescents with Obesity. Nutrients, 13(6), 2062. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13062062

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