Using A Smaller Bowl Could Curb Kids' Overeating

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Using A Smaller Bowl Could Curb Kids' Overeating

<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/21/smaller-bowl-overeating-kids_n_4309996.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vBGBCWA6_wqwA3WRfBpB4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Huffington%20Post/Using_A_Smaller_Bowl_Could-81d7603b9a202695f3b77df5550cacdb" width="130" height="86" alt="Using A Smaller Bowl Could Curb Kids' Overeating" align="left" title="Using A Smaller Bowl Could Curb Kids' Overeating" border="0" /></a>A simple way to curb portion sizes may be to serve food in asmaller bowl, a small new study suggests. Researchers from CornellUniversity, New Mexico State University and the University ofGroningen found that when kids have larger bowls, they not only eatmore, but also ask for more food to fill up the bowls. The study,published in the Journal of Pediatrics, involved giving 69preschoolers either an 8-ounce or a 16-ounce cereal bowl. Thepreschoolers were given cereal and milk a little bit at a time, andwere asked to say when they thought they had</p><br clear="all"/>

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