Pederson et al. recently conducted a 6-month randomized controlled trial to determine the efficacy of a portion-control plate in inducing weight loss among patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight can often feel like navigating a maze of diet trends and nutritional advice .

Take, for example, the news that American department store Macy’s is retailing a line of plates and cups called Pourtions, which feature portion control markers branded onto them. These markers ...

Smart plates or portion-control plates are designed to make eating balanced meals easier. They take the guesswork out of figuring out what and how much to eat by compartmentalising your portion ...

But it can be a bit challenging to achieve when you don't have a food scale or labeled portion control plates on hand. To help take away some of the measurement guesswork, we asked experts to ...