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Descriptor English: Portion Size
Descriptor Spanish: Tamaño de la Porción
Descriptor tamaño de porción
Scope note: Cantidad de un alimento particular que se elige para ingerir en una comida. Se diferencia del TAMAÑO DE RACIÓN, que hace referencia a la cantidad de alimento según definición de una fuente con autoridad, como la Food Guide Pyramid ideado por el UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tamanho da Porção
Descriptor French: Taille de portion
Entry term(s): Portion Sizes
Tree number(s): G07.203.650.240.835
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064787
Scope note: The amount of a particular food one chooses to eat at a single meal. It is different from SERVING SIZE, which is a reference amount of food as defined by an authoritative source, such as the Food Guide Pyramid devised by the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Annotation: SERVING SIZE is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
EC economics
EH ethnology
HI history
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2014
History Note: 2014
DeCS ID: 55396
Unique ID: D064787
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Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Portion Size - Preferred
Concept UI M0584061
Scope note The amount of a particular food one chooses to eat at a single meal. It is different from SERVING SIZE, which is a reference amount of food as defined by an authoritative source, such as the Food Guide Pyramid devised by the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Preferred term Portion Size
Entry term(s) Portion Sizes



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