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If you’re going to make your kids clean their plates, don’t put too much on them. In a Pennsylvania State University study, 3-year-olds offered a larger-than-usual serving of macaroni and cheese didn’t bite–but 5-year-olds ate it up.
“Young children have a natural capacity to self-regulate their food intake,” said Barbara J. Rolls, author of the study. But sometime between 3 and 5 years of age, “they learn to ignore their internal hunger signals and respond instead to other cues, including portion size.”
Offering them large portions can promote overeating and produce overweight children.
