The authors are with the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University, New York, NY.
Am J Public Health. 2021 Dec;111(12):2223-2226. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306513.
To assess the US food industry's response to calls from public health authorities to reduce portion sizes by comparing current with past sizes of selected examples of single-serve ultra-processed packaged and fast foods. We obtained manufacturers' information about current portion sizes and compared it with sizes when first introduced and in 2002. Few companies in our sample reduced portion sizes since 2002; all still sold portions of ultra-processed foods in up to 5-times-larger sizes than when first introduced. Policies and practices focused on reducing portion size could help discourage the consumption of excessive amounts of ultra-processed foods. (. 2021;111(12):2223-2226. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306513).
为评估美国食品行业对公共卫生部门提出的减少份量的呼吁的反应,我们对选定的单份超加工包装和快餐食品的当前份量与过去份量进行了比较。我们获取了制造商关于当前份量的信息,并将其与首次推出时和 2002 年的份量进行了比较。我们的样本中几乎没有公司自 2002 年以来减少了份量;所有公司仍在销售超加工食品,份量比首次推出时大 5 倍。专注于减少份量的政策和做法可能有助于阻止过度食用超加工食品。(. 2021;111(12):2223-2226. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306513)。