Third of us fail to eat right food portion size

One in three consumers finds it difficult to manage portion sizes and most think it is only relevant to dieters, it has emerged.

A Safefood study, led by a team from the University of Ulster, found nutrition claims like ‘low fat’ or ‘reduced fat’ may also be contributing to weight gain.

They found many people were assuming that the products making the fat content claims were lower in calories than they really were and were eating larger portions.