how have food portions changed in 20 years?

How Have Food Portions Changed in 20 Years?

National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteObesity Education Initiative

OrDoes the Size of Our Food

Really Matter?

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Double the Size, Double the Calories

Could You Eat This 1,000 Calorie Burger for Dinner?

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Restaurants have distorted our sense of size

3 Cups of Spaghetti Noodles is 600 Calories!

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One Cup, 200 Calories, is the Right Size,

But We Wouldn’t Feel Like We

Got Our Money’s Worth

Bigger Portions Make Us Feel We’re Getting Our Money’s Worth

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But Makes Us Eat More Than We Need

When We Eat More Than We

Need

We GAIN Weight

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How Have Our Portion Sizes Changed in 20 Years?

20 Years Ago Today

270 calories 5 cups

630 calories 15 cups

Calorie Difference: 360 calories

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BAGEL 20 Years Ago Today

140 calories 3-inch diameterOne serving

350 calories 6-inch diameterTwo servings


CHEESEBURGER

20 Years Ago Today

333 calories3 ounce beef pattyBun with mustard

and ketchup


590 calories4 ounce beef pattyBun with Special

Sauce and Cheese

FRENCH FRIES 20 Years Ago Today

210 Calories

3 ounces 610 Calories7 ounces

Calorie Difference: 400 Calories

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8 ounces 100 calories

SODA IN A CUP

20 Years Ago Today


48 ounces820 calories

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3 ounces ice cream and cone1 scoop

320 calories

ICE CREAM

20 Years Ago Today


8 ounces ice cream4 scoops

820 calories

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3 ounces chicken breast , baked320 calories

CHICKEN

20 Years Ago Today


6 ounces leg and thigh, fried

820 calories

20 Years Ago Today


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1 cup whole grain cereal with 1/2 cup

milk245 calories

BOWL OF CEREAL

20 Years Ago Today


2 cups sweetened cereal with 1 ½ cups milk and

extra sugar420 calories

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2 cookies2 inch diameter

96 calories

COOKIES

20 Years Ago Today

224 Calorie Difference: 500 calories

2 cookies8 inch diameter

320 calories

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3 ounces baked potato with butter

185 calories

POTATOES

20 Years Ago Today


Loaded large baked potato with sour cream,

butter , cheese and bacon bits

620 calories

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3 ounces sirloin320 calories

STEAK

20 Years Ago Today


14 ounce T-Bone 820 calories

SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS20 Years Ago Today

500 calories1 cup spaghetti with sauce and 3 small meatballs


1,025 calories 2 cups of pasta with sauce and 3 large meatballs

100 Calories 8 ounces

SODA

20 Years Ago Today

Calorie Difference: 150 Calories

250 Calories 20 ounces

320 calories2 slices of bread, 3 ounces of sliced turkey, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise

TURKEY SANDWICH

20 Years Ago Today


820 calories1 large roll, 8 ounces of turkey, cheese, lettuce,

tomato and special sauce.

Two corn shells with 3 ounces of seasoned ground beef,

tomato, lettuce 1 ½ ounces cheese

320 calories

TACOS

20 Years Ago Today


Loaded taco with on bread shell, 6 ounces ground seasoned beef, sour cream, 4 ounces cheese, tomato and

lettuce850 calories

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320 calories

PIZZA

20 Years Ago Today


Two large slices, 3 ounces pepperoni, 3 ounces cheese, crust

540 calories

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How Can You Fight

Portion Distortion?

Eat From MyPyramid

MyPyramid tells us how many servings of each type of food we need every day

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Plan Your Meals Around Vegetables

You’ll Eat More Nutrients and Less Fat

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Fill Half Your Plate With Vegetables

Let Meats Be the Side Dish

Use Smaller Plates

Your Brain Thinks There is More Food On a Smaller Plate

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Eat Slowly

This gives your brain time to say “Whoa, You’re Full!

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Know Portion Sizes

Practice until you can tell its right

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Read Food Labels

Macaroni and Cheese

If You Eat the Whole Box, That’s Twice the Calories!

500 Calorie

s

Beware of Extra Calories

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Plan Meals

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No more than 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise, salad dressing or butter a day

Use Fats and Sugars Sparingly

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What Does a Serving Size Look Like?

3 ounces of cooked meat, poultry, fish or beans or

the size of a deck of cardsor

The palm of your hand

A Serving of Meat

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A Serving of Fruits or Vegetables

½ cup or

the size of the palm of your hand

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A Serving of Bread

The size of a CD case

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A Serving of Milk

8 ounces or one cup of milk or yogurt

A Serving of Cheese

1 ½ ounces or six small dice

or the size of your thumb

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A Serving of Peanut Butter

The size of a golf ball

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A Serving of Fruit

The size of your fist, or a baseball

How big is the food you eat every day?

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how have food portions changed in 20 years?

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