Creating a calm, pleasant, and unhurried dining environment helps children focus on their food, leading to better portion control and more mindful eating habits. Engage in conversation about the day.

New research suggests a simple solution may help keep kids’ portion sizes in check: smaller plates. Grown-ups long long been told to downsize dishes to make smaller portions look like more food. But ...

Segmented plates with pictures of recommended foods in each compartment led preschoolers to eat more vegetables, according to a research letter published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

A new study shows that, unlike some calorie-conscious adults, children don't eat less at dinner if they eat a big lunch and are more likely to eat whatever portion size is put on their plate.

(HealthDay)—Small kids who are given large plates and then allowed to serve themselves take more food and consume more calories, new research finds.

Teaching kids to eat healthy food doesn’t have to mean battles at the dinner table or sneaky swaps they’ll detect in a second ...

Young kids (aged 3 to 5) were found to be highly susceptible to overeating when given larger portion sizes, challenging the "self-regulation" theory, in which children are claimed to have a ...

Addressing childhood obesity starts with teaching kids about healthy portion sizes and proper nutrition. Everywhere we look, there is more opportunity to increase our food and calorie intake, and ...