The relationship between pretzel size and sodium intake was obvious but previously overlooked, noted Madeline Harper, a graduate student in food science and lead author on the study.

Researchers found that pretzel size affects the consumer's eating rate, with smaller sizes leading to a slower eating speed and smaller bites. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The size of an individual ...

The size of an individual snack piece not only influences how fast a person eats it, but also how much of it they eat, according to a new study. With nearly a quarter of daily calorie intake in ...

This explains why the medium pretzel, only three times larger than the small pretzel, did not show significant effects compared to the large pretzel, which was 20 times larger. [2] The applicability ...