Children tend to consume more food when they are in large groups in comparison to smaller groups.
The findings are based on analyzing eating habits of 54 children aged between two and a half to six and a half.
The children were encouraged to two eating sessions. Initially they were asked to sit in a group of three and later they were intricate in a group of nine.
No time limit was set for the sessions. The children had a routine whereby when each had finished their snack, they left the table and returned to their classroom. As a result, the session time varied, ranging from 10 to 15 minutes.
Thus, the study postulated that children ate slightly more when they were in a group of nine, that is, the bigger group comparatively, which hints that kids could be encouraged to eat more when all the family members sit together on dinning table.
