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What role does tableware size play in energy consumption of children and adults?

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This study was funded by grants from the Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung, Bad Homburg, Germany (2011_A135). I.M. received a grant from the Ministry of Science Baden-Württemberg and the European Social Fund.

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    Isabelle Mack, Martin Teufel & Paul Enck

  2. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LVR-University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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Mack, I., Teufel, M. & Enck, P. What role does tableware size play in energy consumption of children and adults?. Eat Weight Disord 24, 595–596 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00682-z

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