NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Commercially available portion control plates and bowls can help obese individuals with type 2 diabetes lose weight and reduce their need for blood sugar-controlling ...

Overweight people with diabetes have as much success dropping pounds using a colorful dinner plate that measures food portions as they do on many weight-loss drugs, Canadian researchers said on Monday ...

A randomized trial evaluated the efficacy of a portion-control strategy (a specially designed dinner plate and breakfast bowl) on weight loss (Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:1277-1283). Researchers ...

Pederson et al. recently conducted a 6-month randomized controlled trial to determine the efficacy of a portion-control plate in inducing weight loss among patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes.

A plate and cereal bowl with markers for proper portion sizes appear to help obese patients with diabetes lose weight and decrease their use of glucose-controlling medications, according to a report ...

A portion is a portion is a portion -- unless, that is, it’s a giant, super, king or grande portion, in which case it’s probably trouble. Over the last 30 years, portions have grown by heaps and ...

Eat what you want -- just don’t eat too much of it. That may be fine advice, but it’s easier said than done. Now a Canadian scientist has conducted a simple study to see if a special set of dishes can ...

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In the United States, more than 30 million people have diabetes and it is the seventh leading cause of death, according to Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. What's even worse is that ...

Eating healthy isn’t just about what you eat, but also how much you eat. Sometimes you pile up too much food on your plates, snack mindlessly, or underestimate portion sizes. Over time, this can lead ...