It’s hard to miss the fact that portion sizes have gotten much
larger in the last few years. You can also see this in the
grocery and convenience store and vending machines A bagel has
become a BAGEL, 3 times it’s size of twenty years ago and an
“individual” bag of chips can easily feed more than one.
Research has consistently shown that people unintentionally
consume more calories when faced with larger portions. Here are
some tips to help you avoid some common portion-size pitfalls. A
“portion” is how much food you and your grandchildren choose to
eat or serve at one sitting no matter in a restaurant, from a
package or in your own kitchen. A “serving” size is the amount
of food listed on a product’s “Nutrition Facts” label.
Sometimes, the portion size and serving size match; sometimes
they don’t. Keep in mind that the serving size on the Nutrition
Facts label is not a recommended amount of food to eat. It is a
quick way of telling you the calories and nutrients in a certain
amount of food. Also, it is a gre