Based on the results of a new survey, the British Nutrition Foundation is helping parents to Get Portion Wise and check the portion sizes they are eating and serving to their children. The survey, conducted among parents across Great Britain with children aged under 18 years, reveals that over half (57 percent) of parents use ‘visual estimation’ when deciding how much food to serve themselves, while only 15 percent measure their portions and 14 percent follow package instructions.
When thinking about how much their children should eat, 51 percent of parents judge portion sizes based on how much their children usually eat and 16 percent say they let their children serve their own portions.
Talking about their own eating habits, one fifth (20 percent) of parents say they eat until they are full, while 12 percent say they often then eat a little bit more after they’re full to finish off what’s on their plate. In relation to their children, over a third (37 percent) of parents always or often make their children eat everything on their plate, and a further 23 percent sometimes insist their children finish everything they are served.
View: https://www.nutrition.org.uk/creating-a-healthy-diet/portion-sizes/