"Portion Size" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The amount of a particular food one chooses to eat at a single meal. It is different from SERVING SIZE, which is a reference amount of food as defined by an authoritative source, such as the Food Guide Pyramid devised by the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
| Descriptor ID |
D064787
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.203.650.240.835
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Portion Size" by people in Profiles.
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Advances and Controversies in Diet and Physical Activity Measurement in Youth. Am J Prev Med. 2018 10; 55(4):e81-e91.
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Dietary Assessment with a Wearable Camera?among Children: Feasibility and?Intercoder Reliability. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2018 11; 118(11):2144-2153.
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Reliability and validity of food portion size estimation from images using manual flexible digital virtual meshes. Public Health Nutr. 2019 05; 22(7):1153-1159.
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Potential problems with increasing serving sizes on the Nutrition Facts label. Appetite. 2015 Dec; 95:577-84.
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Getting my child to eat the right amount. Mothers' considerations when deciding how much food to offer their child at a meal. Appetite. 2015 May; 88:24-32.
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Ghrelin receptor regulates appetite and satiety during aging in mice by regulating meal frequency and portion size but not total food intake. J Nutr. 2014 Sep; 144(9):1349-55.
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Portion sizes for children are predicted by parental characteristics and the amounts parents serve themselves. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Apr; 99(4):763-70.
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Development of a field-friendly automated dietary assessment tool and nutrient database for India. Br J Nutr. 2014 Jan 14; 111(1):160-71.
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Measuring food intake with digital photography. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2014 Jan; 27 Suppl 1:72-81.
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Characterizing lunch meals served and consumed by pre-school children in Head Start. Public Health Nutr. 2013 Dec; 16(12):2169-77.