The study found that children who use small plates have a lower risk of obesity..

These interesting results were published by scientists from Temple University (Pennsylvania, USA) in the publication "

Obesity is a serious public health threat in the US.

A recent report published in the JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association showed that 1 in 3 American adults and 1 in 6 children and adolescents are obese.. These data were collected in 2009-2010, but today the situation has not changed significantly..

Thus, it is very important for local doctors to find any ways to help stop the obesity epidemic.. A 2012 study suggests that children's risk of obesity may be reduced if parents stop insisting their children eat well.. Other work has revealed that prolonged sleep and proper treatment help children prevent obesity.. In other words, there are a lot of options.

The current study showed that children who use more capacious (adult) dishes eat almost 1.5 times more calories, which leads to the risk of obesity. An interesting fact is that today American families generally use more capacious plates than a few decades ago. It’s easy to trace addiction, though?

The authors of the study say: “The size of the plate, we believe, affects the nutritional behavior of a person, but the influence of the portions that the children take for themselves has not yet been studied”. Scientists decided to carry out such work to determine how exactly the size of the dish affects the calories consumed by children and the risk of obesity.

The study included 42 students who were observed during lunch at school.. The guys themselves took the dishes and chose dishes. They could take a child or adult plate of their choice.

Observations showed that if children chose adult dishes, then their portion size was larger, and they consumed an average of 50% more calories. This happened regularly, which affected the risk of obesity..

The study also found that children using large plates take more high-calorie fruits, but not vegetables, for lunch..

Public Health Professor Jennifer Orlet Fisher from Tempi University says: “Now we are confident that the size of the plate determines the size of the portion that the child takes for himself. We believe that offering children in schools only small plates is a good idea for preventing obesity in the younger generation. ”.

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