title: [Analysis of the Cochrane Review: Portion, Package or Tableware Size for Changing Selection and Consumption of Food, Alcohol and Tobacco. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015;09: CD011045.]
abstract: Some of the main causes of mortality and morbidity among the developed countries - such as the cardiovascular, neurological and oncologic diseases - are deeply associated with modifiable risk factors. Primordial/primary prevention strategies that alter our environment can have an impact on these risk factors. The authors of this Cochrane systematic review sought evidence from randomized controlled trials to study the effect of the size of portions, packages, dishes and cups, as well as their respective formats, on the consumption and selection of food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and tobacco products. Overall, this review concludes that the choice of larger portions results in an increased consumption in food, non-alcoholic beverages and tobacco.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Farmacologia Clínica e Terapêutica. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. Portugal. Clinical Pharmacology Unit. Instituto de Medicina Molecular. Lisboa. Portugal. Centro de Estudos de Medicina Baseada na Evidência. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. Portugal.
authors.forename: Gonçalo S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Farmacologia Clínica e Terapêutica. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. Portugal. Clinical Pharmacology Unit. Instituto de Medicina Molecular. Lisboa. Portugal. Huntington's Disease Centre. Department of Neurodegenerative Disease. Institute of Neurology. University College London. London. United Kingdom. Portugal.
authors.forename: Filipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brogueira Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Farmacologia Clínica e Terapêutica. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. Portugal. Clinical Pharmacology Unit. Instituto de Medicina Molecular. Lisboa. Portugal. Centro de Estudos de Medicina Baseada na Evidência. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. Portugal. Portugal.
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos de Medicina Baseada na Evidência. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. Portugal. Centro Colaborador Português da Rede Cochrane Ameroamerica. Lisboa. Portugal. Portugal.
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vaz-Carneiro
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D003297:Cooking and Eating Utensils; D005502:Food; D018857:Food Packaging; D006801:Humans; D064787:Portion Size; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012907:Smoking