SAN DIEGO — A new year and new resolutions. Many people want to lose weight and eat healthier. But it can be tough if American dinner plates look much bigger than what they were in the 1960’s. “Plates ...

The other day, as I was liberally forking pasta onto my dinner plate, I couldn't help but notice the size of the plate, itself. This thing was big. The next thing I noticed was how pitiful my portion ...

You’ve probably heard the idea that using smaller plates and bowls can affect your perception of how much you’re eating, thereby helping you eat less. But how well does it work? A new study sheds ...

An optical illusion documented by Belgian philosopher Franz Joseph Delboeuf in the 1860s could help to explain why smaller plates could help us battle the bulge, according to a new study. While ...

You may have caught Channel 4’s Food Unwrapped on television. The programme covers two topics of interest to me; portion sizes and plate sizes. There is evidence that portion sizes of commercially ...

Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has been on a crusade to tackle Ireland’s food waste problem, urging restaurants to serve smaller portions and decrying the use of ...

Although many Americans are aware that the portions we eat in restaurants and at home have grown larger and larger in the last few years, it seems few of us are actually doing anything to make up for ...