Table 4.
Proportion of participants (n 67) classifying the food or liquid items within each categorical size category
| Food or liquid item | Portion size* | True weight (g) | Small (%) | Medium (%) | Large (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid foods or liquids | |||||
| Soft cheese (Brie) | (1) | 9·2 | 90 | 9 | 2 |
| (2) | 33·3 | 21 | 55 | 24 | |
| Pizza | (1) | 47·5 | 90 | 10 | 0 |
| (2) | 83·9 | 24 | 67 | 9 | |
| Watermelon | (1) | 159·6 | 21 | 60 | 19 |
| (2) | 203·7 | 18 | 66 | 16 | |
| Cake | (1) | 64·3 | 27 | 69 | 5 |
| (2) | 73·7 | 10 | 72 | 18 | |
| Wine | (1) | 128·7 | 16 | 60 | 24 |
| (2) | 177·2 | 9 | 56 | 35 | |
| Juice | (1) | 140·7 | 67 | 33 | 0 |
| (2) | 233·3 | 3 | 70 | 27 | |
| Sweet potato | (1) | 32·8 | 97 | 3 | 0 |
| (2) | 61·2 | 57 | 36 | 8 | |
| Meat pie | (1) | 48·6 | 98 | 2 | 0 |
| (2) | 175·6 | 2 | 62 | 37 | |
| Burger patty | (1) | 115·3 | 25 | 67 | 8 |
| (2) | 231·4 | 0 | 10 | 90 | |
| Caramel slice | (1) | 58·7 | 58 | 42 | 0 |
| (2) | 137·8 | 2 | 36 | 63 | |
| Hard cheese (Feta) | (1) | 13·2 | 73 | 21 | 6 |
| (2) | 15·9 | 57 | 30 | 13 | |
| Lasagne | (1) | 167·1 | 28 | 66 | 6 |
| (2) | 350·1 | 2 | 10 | 88 | |
| Fish fillet | (1) | 104·8 | 12 | 76 | 12 |
| (2) | 165·2 | 2 | 51 | 48 | |
| Chicken breast | (1) | 107·8 | 43 | 57 | 0 |
| (2) | 195·4 | 3 | 19 | 78 | |
| Beef steak | (1) | 54·5 | 93 | 8 | 0 |
| (2) | 253·4 | 2 | 10 | 88 | |
| Amorphous foods and muffins | |||||
| Cereal flakes | (1) | 30·4 | 46 | 52 | 2 |
| (2) | 79·0 | 2 | 24 | 75 | |
| Mashed potato | (1) | 118·7 | 46 | 51 | 3 |
| (2) | 199·4 | 3 | 25 | 72 | |
| Muffin | (1) | 18·6 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| (2) | 154·6 | 3 | 39 | 58 | |
| Rice | (1) | 55·2 | 88 | 12 | 0 |
| (2) | 171·5 | 6 | 55 | 39 | |
| Spreads | |||||
| Honey | (1) | 5·4 | 49 | 43 | 8 |
| (2) | 12·9 | 9 | 33 | 58 | |
| Oil-based spread | (1) | 1·1 | 96 | 5 | 0 |
| (2) | 13·5 | 5 | 19 | 76 | |
* (1) Indicates the smaller and (2) indicates the larger of the two portion sizes for each item estimated.