One Menu Please: Parents Want Affordable, Right-sized Portions for Their Children in Restaurants.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Lee-Kwan, Seung Hee Park, Sohyun Maynard, Leah Blanck, Heidi M.
Copyright Year	2018
Abstract	One contributing factor to the obesity epidemic is the large portion sizes served in restaurants. However, no study has looked at the parents' desire for smaller-portioned meals for their children at restaurants in the U.S. This study examined parents' preference for restaurants to offer smaller, lower-priced child portions for their children and reasons for the preference. Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for the association between preference for child portions and variables on parental sociodemographic characteristics and weight status. About 70% of parents said they would prefer that restaurants offer smaller, lower-priced child portions of all menu offerings. The adjusted odds of preferring child portions were significantly higher among Hispanic parents (OR, 1.95 vs. non-Hispanic whites) but significantly lower among parents with lower education (≤ high school, OR, 0.64; some college, OR, 0.69 vs. college graduate) and parents residing in the Midwest or West (Midwest, OR, 0.61; West, OR, 0.58 vs. South). The most common reason for preferring child portions of all meals was “wanting my child to eat healthier foods that are not offered on the children's menu” (72%). These findings can be used to encourage restaurants and other venues to consider offering child portions of healthier menu items.
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ISSN	22873732
Journal	Clinical Nutrition Research [Clin Nutr Res]
Volume Number	7
DOI	10.7762/cnr.2018.7.4.241
PubMed Central reference number	PMC6209731
Issue Number	4
PubMed reference number	30406053
e-ISSN	22873740
Language	English
Publisher	Korean Society of Clinical Nutrition
Publisher Date	2018-10-17
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © 2018. The Korean Society of Clinical Nutrition
Subject Keyword	Children Fast foods Restaurants Parents
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nutrition and Dietetics