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Descriptor English: Serving Size
Descriptor Spanish: Tamaño de la Porción de Referencia
Descriptor tamaño de ración
Scope note: Medida de referencia de alimento utilizada para identificar el contenido en calorías y nutrientes en una cantidad particular de dicho alimento. Se define por una fuente con autoridad, como la Food Guide Pyramid elaborado por el UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Es diferente al TAMAÑO DE PORCIÓN, que es la cantidad de alimento que se elige para ingerir en una comida.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tamanho da Porção de Referência
Descriptor French: Portion de référence
Entry term(s): Serving Sizes
Tree number(s): G07.203.650.240.917
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064788
Scope note: A reference measure of food used to identify the calorie and nutrient content in a particular amount of that food. It is defined by an authoritative source, such as the Food Guide Pyramid devised by the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. It is different from PORTION SIZE, which is the amount of food one chooses to eat at a single meal.
Annotation: PORTION 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: 55397
Unique ID: D064788
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Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Serving Size - Preferred
Concept UI M0584062
Scope note A reference measure of food used to identify the calorie and nutrient content in a particular amount of that food. It is defined by an authoritative source, such as the Food Guide Pyramid devised by the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. It is different from PORTION SIZE, which is the amount of food one chooses to eat at a single meal.
Preferred term Serving Size
Entry term(s) Serving Sizes



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