Key Points
Larger snacks lead to faster consumption and higher calories, while smaller ones increase sodium intake...
A new study has revealed that the size of snacks affects how quickly and how much people eat...
Published in the journal Appetite, the team focused on pretzels and found that larger pretzels led people to eat faster and take bigger bites, resulting in consuming more overall...
Even though smaller pretzels were eaten more slowly and with smaller bites, they still led to higher sodium intake...
The study suggests that the size of snacks influences our eating behaviour, which, in turn, affects total intake of calories..
