Giving young children meals that outsize their age may lead to overeating — but when left to their own devices, kids tend to choose age-appropriate serving sizes, new study findings show. Researchers found that super-sizing preschoolers’ entrees generally led the children to take bigger bites and consume more calories. But when kids were allowed to serve themselves, they naturally selected more age-appropriate portions. [via Reuters Health eLine]
Young children served large portions may overeat
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