london if you want to watch your weight avoid using largesized tableware people consume more food or nonalcoholic drinks when offered jumbo portions or when they use larger items of tableware a new study has found the research carried out by the university of cambridge suggests that eliminating largersized portions from the diet completely could reduce energy intake by up to 16 among uk adults or 29 among us adults overeating increases the risks of heart disease diabetes and many cancers which are among the leading causes of ill health and premature death however the extent to which this overconsumption might be attributed to overserving of largersized portions of food and drink has not been known as part of their systema tic review of the evidence researchers combined results from 61 high quality studies capturing data from 6711 participants to find the influence of portion package and tableware size on food consumption the data showed that people consistently consume more food and drink when offered largersized portions packages or tableware than when offered smallersized versions