Here are a couple of important definitions from the National Institutes of Health: 1  Portion is how much food you choose to eat at one time, whether in a restaurant, from a package or in your own kitchen. 2  Serving Size is the amount of food listed on a productâs Nutrition Facts label. So all of the nutritional values you see on the label are for the serving size the manufacturer suggests on the package. Once we understand the difference, itâs easier to determine how much to serve and easier to teach kids the difference between the two.
Yukon River, Five Finger RapidsE. Otto/Comstockmajor North American river that flows through the central Yukon territory of northwestern Canada and the central region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It measures 1,980 miles (3,190 km) from the headwaters of the McNeil River (a tributary of the Nisutlin River).
Dictionary entry overview: What does Yukon mean? â¢ YUKON (noun) The noun YUKON has 2 senses: 1. a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea 2. a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s Familiarity information: YUKON used as a noun is rare.