"Nearly every dish and beverage Americans now consume is supersized compared with what they used to eat (and, I might add, at a time when more energy was spent just getting through the demands of the day).An average serving of pasta is now 480 percent greater than the one-cup recommended serving size, Lisa Young and Marion Nestle, nutritionists at New York University, reported in 2002 in The American Journal of Public Health.....
....The muffin tins from my childhood produce muffins one-third the size of those at Starbucks.
Restaurants like fast-food and takeout establishments, as well as family-style businesses, pile on food with no regard for recommended portions."
Yet another reason to cook your own foods and watch consumption.
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