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I have lately seen on popular websites that kids in school have been tweeting pictures of their school lunches with a hashtag of #thanksmichelleobama.
check it out
https://twitter.com/hashtag/thanksmichelleobama
These high schoolers are pointing fingers at Michelle Obama saying that her...
I think it is a great program too
This article talks about the significant effects of portion sizes of food and high-energy-dense food (HEDF) when they are combined, to higher energy intakes and lead to obesity. There are studies previously showing groups of people including children, men, and women would consume more food when they are served with larger position sizes. Separately, people seem to eat more HEDF than lower-energy-dense food while the rates of hunger and fullness are equal. Therefore, this article carries the purpose of assessing if portion sizes and energy density both affect energy intake by their self-regulating; following by specific pre-during-post experiments. Beginning of taking one group of people (women) for study in this case in order to avoid the unexpected factors affect the results (physical, gender, ages), all the subjects age from 20-45 with equally healthy are chosen. The subjects are tested with vary laboratory measurements such as hunger, depression, attempting of control eating habits, BMI, body fat, etc. before the procedure. During the procedure, the subjects are asked to follow the rules of eating including no alcohol or smoke intakes, exercising regularly, and consume given amount of calories per meal/day. Meals are given in different portion sizes and levels of energy, in a single meal and multiple meals for several days. Every before and after meal, the subjects are measured VAS, which determines the rates of their fullness, hunger, thirst, and predicting how much they can eat. At the results, there are higher food intakes in the group with larger portion and the group with HEDF. However, the interaction between these two factors is low. This means portion sizes and HEDF both affect energy intakes but independently. In addition, there are few subjects are considered as “plate cleaners” meaning they finish their meal completely. There is a couple subjects in this group consume lower-energy-dense food, and the others consume HEDF. The result comes out that the amount of food (in gram) they all eat is the same; nevertheless, HEDF give them higher energy in their total daily intake. According to the experiment procedure, the hunger and satisfaction before and after meals of all subjects are not significantly different; and their tendency to eat less in the next meal is rarely.
It is important as health professionals to remember that some demographics may be more at risks than others for malnutrition. These variable demographics hold true in geriatric nutrition. The experiment posted in the bibliography below examined 1,274 older adults and looked at their fruit and...
Yeah, I agree on encouraging physical activity for the elderly. I've met and talked to many elderly lately. I think it's cute that they always share about the time they spend with their friends play card or board games, which is most of the time. But also, this hobby is not really healthy for the elderly at all.
Theater Popcorn- medium or large size?
Yes, I eliminated small size popcorn since (almost) no one orders small size of popcorn at the movie theater anymore. Why is that?
First, you usually go to watch a movie with your friends or family, so bigger size of popcorn is for sharing. Understandable enough.
Second, let's take a peak at the prices
(This theater really took out the small size from their menu T.T and I found this picture online, please do not mind the prices here because I'm sure they're gone up- about $8 average now I believe)
The regular size of popcorn is $5, large is $5.50, and XXL is $6. There is only $.50 difference in price while huge different in the amount- S: 46 oz, M: 86 oz, L: 130 oz (I apologize that I don't know how many oz in the XXL one since I've never ordered it, anyone knows?)
Some people still order a bigger size of popcorn although they know they might not finish it. My nephew for example. I took him out to see movies often and he always wants medium while I want small since I know we don't finish it. But I've been tricked sometimes when he convinces for 50 more cent, we can get the bigger one "just in case".
I know many people out there think the same as my nephew. Well, money is not a problem in this case, but look at how much more calories we consume in bigger sizes of popcorn. The calories are almost as much as some people consume all day.
Bigger portions are linked to higher intakes as I've been showing to you through my research. Also, we seem distracted about how much popcorn we eat while watching movie. Hence, we consume more than we should without awareness.
Furthermore, the amount of popcorn being wasted after shows is something that we should consider.
Growing up, we all heard the importance of a well balanced breakfast each and everyday. I mean it is the most important meal of the day! Right? Personally, I am a huge fan of breakfast but I have recently read quite a few articles that contradict what we were told all of these years. They are...
Bad thing that I do skip breakfast but have to think about it again. Not that I don't know about its importance, but exactly like you mentioned, it gives me nausea also
There are many factors leading people over consume portions of food. For example: kids are given food by their parents; restaurants offer larger portion meals; or people do not have knowledge about their appropriate portions of food. In this particular study, people will pick their own portion of food given the same meal without being told the difference. The two portion sizes of pasta casserole, 100% and 150%, are given in a university cafeteria. The subjects of this study are varied. However, there are differences among the portion size choice and subject’s characteristics. More obese or overweight subjects pick 150% size than underweight or normal group. Men are more likely to choose 150% size than women; most graduate students pick the larger meal more than other university affiliation; and the ages range from 25 to 34. This examination is also specific about the choices of subjects on side dishes, desserts, and beverages. Even the main dish’s accompaniments are counted; in this case are bread rolls and butter particularly. During the examination, subjects will be surveyed about how satisfied they are, how the food worth it, and what difference in the portion sizes compare to the normal one that they used to have. After gathering all the data, it shows that subjects eat 150% size meal consume 43% more energy than ones who pick 100% size meal. Also, the larger-portion sized group is willing to eat greatly more main dish’s accompaniments such as butter and dinner rolls. Fortunately, there is no difference in side dishes, desserts, or drinks between these two. However, with the larger size of food, the total meal consume is 25% higher. Continuing with the results on if subject’s characteristics affect the energy intakes by their portion size choices; there is greatly higher amount of subjects pick 150% size meal in men, women, underweight, normal, overweight, or obese. Nevertheless, when it comes to the survey’s results during the examination, there are changes based on body’s weight. Among people in group of 150% size choice, underweight and normal think the portion is way too big; while overweight and obese think it is normal. Obviously, the results of this study support its hypothesis that portion sizes affect energy intakes greatly regardless of genders, ages, occupation, or body figures. Eating environment has changed to the way that is fast, big, and low cost (not home cook) leading availability for people consume more than what they should. In a long term, it will help increase obesity level in America.
Above was another research article that I've found about the relationship between portion size of food and energy intake. The consequences of bigger size of food; in addition, are the results of food waste, which is part of out project in class. Expensiveness is also counted when food portion size are larger. I believe there are more and more other effects of food portion size, not only for our health, but also for our life in general.
Can low sodium diets be doing more harm than good? There is currently no evidence that low sodium diets cause adverse effects in normotensive individuals, but according to some recently acquired data, sodium restriction may actually worsen outcomes for those with congestive heart failure as...
just so hard to consume "moderation" amount of salt. My suggestion is cooking at home. It require time and effort but at least we know how much salt we put in our food.. Thanks for the researches. They are definitely helpful.
There are many contributing factors to malnutrition in seniors. Social isolation can be a big contributing factor because in our society, mealtimes are as much a opportunity for social interaction as they are a necessity for nourishment. When the social cues of living with other people or meeting...
I'm so glad there are programs out there to help elderly, who is in needs wiih nutritious meals and supports. Thank you for your research Claire. I've enjoyed reading your topic!
In my research, I found that SNAP, the national food stamp program, allows participants to purchase soda with their food stamp money. Maybe you were aware of this, maybe not. I honestly had to do a fact check on the peer-reviewed article I was reading. I did not think that it could be true. But...
Way to encourage soda consuming. I had no idea SNAP offers this unhealthy behavior
So what are exactly superfoods? There is no official definition of superfoods. The term is currently being used to encompass a number of foods that have health-promoting benefits and/or disease-preventing properties over and above their usual nutritional value. They range from...
hmmm...what can you make from maca?
Most people probably don’t think too much about their sodium intake, but it’s a mineral found in a wide variety of foods. Some of these foods are well known to contain high amounts of sodium, like ramen noodles for instance, but there are others that aren’t necessarily salty such as Quaker Instant...
This makes me throw away my bag of chips T.T
This is the article I have found online about how portion size and energy density food affect our eating habit.
I have mentioned about portion sizes below and its impacts on how much different energy intake we are unintentionally consume. Beside portion size concerns, I am bringing to you one more factor- energy density food- that works separately but when adding into portion size factor, they increases our food consume psychologically and physically.
So what is "energy density" ? Energy density is the amount of calorie in one measure of food. They can be one cup, one spoon, or even one bite. However, each food yields different amount of energy. For example, 100 gr of boiled broccoli gives you 35 kcals; while 100 gr of mashed potato gives you 88 kcals. Hence, broccoli is listed as Low-Energy-Dense food and mashed potato is consider High-Energy-Dense food. Let's take a look at the picture below.
There is a huge difference between two pictures. Which one would you prefer? Yet this is just my thoughts about energy density food and portion size, here is what has been proved by scientists and experiments.
I have also summarized this article for your convenience.
"This article proves that portion sizes of food influence the energy intake internally, physiologic factors; and externally, which are eating habit and environment. There are many studies and experiments on both groups; children ages of four and older; and adult men and women. It is shown that all or most of the studied subjects are willing to consume more when they are served with larger portion sizes even though the ratings of their hunger before meals and the satisfaction after meals are equal. In addition, studies go over days and the results come out the same. This means the portion sizes will affect their weight by higher energy intake in the long term. Suggestions are also recommended through this article about training and educating people about the appropriate portion sizes, as well as the recognition and responsibility to their needs versus their wills. Another factor is mentioned in this article is energy density. Food is classified into low-energy-dense food (LEDF) and high-energy-dense food (HEDF), which give people lower and higher energy intakes in the same amount of food. There is 30% decreasing of energy intake for people who consume LEDF than HEDF while the portion sizes are the same, and all of them feel full and happy. Other studies prove that when portion size and energy density are combined, people tend to eat larger portion of HEDF than smaller LEDF while the ratings of their hunger and fullness do not change, but there is 56% difference in their energy intakes. In conclusion, together with portion size, energy density affects the energy intakes and obesity levels in the long term."
Come down and show your support for our red riders and other racers to help them raise money for type I diabetes! The fun begins Saturday September 13th in headwaters state park!
I went to this event not as a participant but a volunteer, and had some conversation with diabetic folks, who was riding 50 miles. Impressive !!!
As if we needed more proof that breastfeeding provides infants with the best nutrition available, the affects of breastfeeding and obesity are now being studied. Although the article states the results are inconclusive for this study, due to the fact that one sample size was too small and the...
Great work! I also support breastfeeding and will do anything to encourage the moms to do it :)
Small vs Big. Which one would you pick?
For most cases, people seem to pick a bigger one if they are asked to choose between two items. Same with food portion sizes. So why do people usually order a larger size of food than small. One reason for it is the price of the bigger size is not a lot more expensive than the smaller one; therefore, people tend to think "oh, might as well, it is still cheap while there is a lot more food". With this kind of thought, consumers always order extra food whether or not they can finish it. And why would this become a problem? I have researched about food portion sizes and found out that people tend to eat more in a bigger plates, packages, or boxes of food. It is interesting and kind of mouth-opening that the hunger before and satisfaction after eating small versus big portions are the same. Meaning that people eat by their habit. So why don't we pick a little less food and put it in a smaller plate to kinda "lie" to ourselves that you've had a PLATE FULL of pasta for dinner; even if the plate is smaller than usual.
Along with the portion size choices of food, I will be bringing to you another factor that interacts and helps increase our food intakes; which in a long term can cause weight gain and another health issues.
Look at this picture and see the difference. Is the one on the right has more food than the one in the left? No, they both have the same amount of food, just different sizes of the plates. Hence, choosing a bigger plate to "pipe up" our food isn't a good idea.
