Is Your Environment Super-Sizing

you??Kristi Stender-Weessies

Borgess Health & Fitness CenterFebruary 2013

Public Health DilemmaWhat causes obesity?

Too much sugar?Too much fat?Hormones in our milk and meat?Too much sedentary time?Too many meals away from home?The wrong mix of macronutrients?

The call to reframe obesity as…

Caloric OverconsumptionEven if it doesn’t tell the whole story, it gives us a starting spot.

But I chose healthy options!

Food choice is not the same as intake volume decisions.

Health Halos – like a get out of jail free cards for eating. When a person eats “healthy”, on average, they eat 34% more calories.

Many environmental factors impact what we consider “normal” eating• Who you eat with• Plate size – people consume (on average) 92% of

what is on their plate – smaller plates lead to smaller consumption

• Serving utensil size– nutrition experts served themselves 31% more when using a larger serving spoon

• Serving dish size – Those serving out of a gallon bowl served 53% more and ate 59% more than those serving out of 2 half gallon bowls.

Pizza

Twenty years ago

500 Calories

Today850 Calories

Coffee

Twenty years agoCoffee with milk and

sugar8 oz.

45 Calories

TodayGrande café mocha with whip and 2%

milk16 oz.

330 Calories

Popcorn

Twenty years ago

5 cups270 Calories

TodayTub 630

Calories

Bagels

Twenty years ago

3 in. diameter140 Calories

TodayNoah’s Plain

Bagel5-6 in. diameter

350 Calories

Burgers

Twenty years ago

333 Calories

Today590

Calories

Soda

Original 8 oz. bottle

97 Calories

12 oz. can145 Calories

20 oz. bottle242 Calories

And what is “normal” soda consumption?According to the National Soft Drink Association (NSDA), consumption of soft drinks is now over 600 12-ounce servings per person per year.

Since the late 1970`s the soft drink consumption in the United States has doubled for females and tripled for males.

The highest consumption is in the males between the ages of 12 - 29; they average 1/2 gallon a day or 160 gallons a year.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db71.htm

Resources:• Mindless Eating – Brian Wansink• http://mindlesseating.org/pdf/Mindless_Dieting_01.pdf• http://mindlesseating.org/pdf/NutriAction(2004)-Wansink.pdf

Consider the Cupcake: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/2012/12/04/consider-the-cupcake-a-barometer-of-american-taste

Divine Caroline: Portions Sizes: Then vs. Now: http://www.divinecaroline.com/22175/49492-portion-size-vs-now