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Portion Distortion
Our National Plate• Plate sizes have actually increased • Portion sizes have also increased, both in
restaurants and at supermarkets
What’s Our Food Environment?
• At the supermarket - food costs go down with increased size
• Costs are actually higher with smaller portions
• At restaurants - buffets offer lots of food at modest prices
• Look at some of the changes in some common food portions!!
Bagel
20 years ago
3-inch diameter
140 calories
350 calories
Source: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Today
Cheeseburger
20 years ago Today
333 Calories 590 Calories
Source: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
20 years ago Today
Spaghetti and Meatballs
1 cup spaghetti with sauce and 3 small meatballs
500 calories
1,025 calories
Source: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Today20 years ago
French Fries
2.4 ounces 210 calories
610 calories
Source: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
320 calories
20 years ago Today
820 calories
Turkey Sandwich
Source: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Portion DistortionWe tend to eat what is in front of us!
Pick Your Portions• 1 serving meat - size of your palm (woman)
or the size of a deck of cards• 1 serving fruit - size of a tennis ball• 1 serving vegetables - one ice cream scoop• baked potato - size of a bar of soap• 1 cup pasta - size of your fist• ½ cup rice - size of a cupcake wrapper• ½ bagel, biscuit - size of 6 ounce can of tuna• 1 muffin - size of a standard light bulb • 1 teaspoon - size of a quarter, thumb tip• 2 tablespoons - size of 2 tea bags
1,420 calories 107 grams of fat
Monster Burger
How Do Your Portions Measure Up?
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Janet Tietyen, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.Extension Specialist for Food and NutritionAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Nutrition and Food ScienceSchool of Human Environmental Sciences
May 2008
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