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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Apr 14;39(8):1319–1324. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.47

Table 2.

Average personal and social norms for portion sizes.

Food Portion size (g)
Personal norm Social norm
Banana 109.5 (109.1-117.5) 114.4 (109.1-121.7)
Digestive biscuits 53.0 (38.7-76.4) 46.1 (35.4-55.4)
Chocolate cake 67.5 (47.7-87.0) 55.7 (41.7-81.2)
Cheese 52.0 (32.4-74.7) 50.7 (34.2-62.6)
Orange juice 380.4 (288.3-493.7) 393.9 (276.1-466.5)
Lasagne 403.1 (330.4-547.9) 354.5 (280.0-467.2)
Muesli 84.6 (59.0-135.4) 100.5 (71.9-131.8)
Pasta 284.1 (238.9-401.9) 252.8 (199.4-308.3)
Peas 115.6 (83.3-150.5) 103.3 (80.6-132.5)
Sandwiches 194.9 (167.3-225.9) 178.6 (159.0-201.3)
Sausages 123.2 (90-155.8) 105.5 (84.5-131.0)
Smarties® 60.0 (47.2-86.5) 62.0 (42.9-77.8)

Median (interquartile range)