Portion sizes for children are predicted by parental characteristics and the amounts parents serve themselves

Children’s energy intakes are influenced by the portions they are served. Factors influencing the amounts adults offer children are not well described. We assessed whether the amounts that were served to and consumed by children at meals were related to amounts that parents served themselves. In this repeated-measures, cross-sectional observational study, 145 parents and their preschoolers (82 Hispanic, 57 African American, 6 unidentified) were...