Análise da Revisão Cochrane: O Tamanho das Porções, das Embalagens, dos Pratos e dos Copos para Alterar a Seleção e o Consumo de Alimentos, Bebidas Alcoólicas e Tabaco. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015;09: CD011045.

Some of the main causes of mortality and morbidity among the developed countries – such as the cardiovascular, neurologicaland 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.