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One Menu Please: Parents Want Affordable, Right-sized Portions for Their Children in Restaurants

One contributing factor to the obesity epidemic is the large portion sizes served in restaurants. However, no study has looked at the parents' desire for smaller-portioned meals for their children at restaurants in the U.S. This study examined parents' preference for restaurants to offer s...

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Autores principales: Lee-Kwan, Seung Hee, Park, Sohyun, Maynard, Leah, Blanck, Heidi M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Clinical Nutrition 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6209731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30406053
http://dx.doi.org/10.7762/cnr.2018.7.4.241
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author Lee-Kwan, Seung Hee
Park, Sohyun
Maynard, Leah
Blanck, Heidi M.
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description One contributing factor to the obesity epidemic is the large portion sizes served in restaurants. However, no study has looked at the parents' desire for smaller-portioned meals for their children at restaurants in the U.S. This study examined parents' preference for restaurants to offer smaller, lower-priced child portions for their children and reasons for the preference. Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for the association between preference for child portions and variables on parental sociodemographic characteristics and weight status. About 70% of parents said they would prefer that restaurants offer smaller, lower-priced child portions of all menu offerings. The adjusted odds of preferring child portions were significantly higher among Hispanic parents (OR, 1.95 vs. non-Hispanic whites) but significantly lower among parents with lower education (≤ high school, OR, 0.64; some college, OR, 0.69 vs. college graduate) and parents residing in the Midwest or West (Midwest, OR, 0.61; West, OR, 0.58 vs. South). The most common reason for preferring child portions of all meals was “wanting my child to eat healthier foods that are not offered on the children's menu” (72%). These findings can be used to encourage restaurants and other venues to consider offering child portions of healthier menu items.
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spelling pubmed-62097312018-11-07 One Menu Please: Parents Want Affordable, Right-sized Portions for Their Children in Restaurants Lee-Kwan, Seung Hee Park, Sohyun Maynard, Leah Blanck, Heidi M. Clin Nutr Res Original Article One contributing factor to the obesity epidemic is the large portion sizes served in restaurants. However, no study has looked at the parents' desire for smaller-portioned meals for their children at restaurants in the U.S. This study examined parents' preference for restaurants to offer smaller, lower-priced child portions for their children and reasons for the preference. Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for the association between preference for child portions and variables on parental sociodemographic characteristics and weight status. About 70% of parents said they would prefer that restaurants offer smaller, lower-priced child portions of all menu offerings. The adjusted odds of preferring child portions were significantly higher among Hispanic parents (OR, 1.95 vs. non-Hispanic whites) but significantly lower among parents with lower education (≤ high school, OR, 0.64; some college, OR, 0.69 vs. college graduate) and parents residing in the Midwest or West (Midwest, OR, 0.61; West, OR, 0.58 vs. South). The most common reason for preferring child portions of all meals was “wanting my child to eat healthier foods that are not offered on the children's menu” (72%). These findings can be used to encourage restaurants and other venues to consider offering child portions of healthier menu items. Korean Society of Clinical Nutrition 2018-10 2018-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6209731/ /pubmed/30406053 http://dx.doi.org/10.7762/cnr.2018.7.4.241 Text en Copyright © 2018. The Korean Society of Clinical Nutrition https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30406053
http://dx.doi.org/10.7762/cnr.2018.7.4.241
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