Menu-engineering in restaurants - adapting portion sizes on plates to enhance vegetable consumption: a real-life experiment
Abstract Background The aim of this research was to investigate whether increased portion sizes of vegetables and decreased portion sizes of meat on main dishes increased the amount of vegetables consumed in a real-life restaurant setting without affecting customer satisfaction. The participants wer...
Main Authors: | Machiel J. Reinders, Marlijn Huitink, S. Coosje Dijkstra, Anna J. Maaskant, Joris Heijnen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017-04-01
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Series: | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12966-017-0496-9 |
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