Not many people cook or eat meals and snacks served in perfectly measured and weighed portion sizes. Even foods that come in packages mention serving sizes that are difficult to understand. How many ...

Portion and serving size are not synonyms, although many of us think of them as such. Because the words are used interchangeably we have become less accurate in judging just how much food we do eat ...

The Great Portion Inflation: How Yesterday's Meals Became Today's Appetizers According to NHANES surveys, Americans' average daily calorie intake was about 2,100 calories in the early 1970s but rose ...

The Protein Paradox We're All Living Here's something wild to think about. Around sixty percent of adults in the United States report they're trying to eat more protein, yet it's estimated the vast ...

Obesity has been clocking up headlines recently. From whether it should be classed as a disease, to how to cut our children’s sugar intake, barely a day passes without some reference to tackling the ...

Audit of 1,930 packaged snacks found serving size information often mismatched front images, while resealable, partitioned, or transparent packs were uncommon, limiting practical portion guidance.

Most restaurants pack their plates with portions that are often two or three times the recommended serving size. And because people don’t always know how many calories they’re consuming when they dine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While some spaghetti spoons are indeed specifically designed with holes for measuring portion size, this is not universally true.