When we go to a restaurant and order a dish, they bring us a portion of the same size regardless of our gender or size. What if it was a mistake in the fight against obesity and cardiovascular disease?
This is what supports Naveed Sattardoctor, professor of medicine at the University of Glasgow (UK) and expert in obesity and cardiovascular health, as reported in the Daily Mail.
Sattar, who is also chair of the Obesity Healthcare Goals program, argues that in restaurants, normal portions should continue to be available to everyone, but that a second option with around 25% less of food, which would be more suitable for women.
This smaller quantity option could also be more suitable for smaller men, who need to eat on average less than tall men, says the doctor.
An article written by Sattar and his team from the University of Glasgow has just been published in the medical journal The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinologyrecommends that “food establishments offer at least two servings for individual ready-to-eat products, with a difference of about 25% (the average difference in energy needs between men and women).” The article states that these portions should also be cheaper.
“It would also help provide more appropriate portions for all smaller people (e.g. children and children). short people),” the article continues.
Sattar and his team point out that when a single serving is offered, women, children and people of small stature they consume more calories than they need. When this happens regularly, these people will gain more body fat on average than men who eat the same portions.
According to these experts, people tend to order larger portions because they have a best value for money and they end up finishing their plate partly because of social pressure to avoid food waste.
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