how have food portions changed in 20 years?
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How Have Food Portions Changed in 20 Years?. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Obesity Education Initiative. Or Does the Size of Our Food. Really Matter?. Double the Size, Double the Calories. Could You Eat This 1,000 Calorie Burger for Dinner?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
How Have Food Portions Changed in 20 Years?
National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteObesity Education Initiative
OrDoes the Size of Our Food
Really Matter?
Double the Size, Double the Calories
Could You Eat This 1,000 Calorie Burger for Dinner?
Restaurants have distorted our sense of size
3 Cups of Spaghetti Noodles is 600 Calories!
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
But Makes Us Eat More Than We Need
When We Eat More Than We
Need
We GAIN Weight
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
BAGEL 20 Years Ago Today
140 calories 3-inch diameterOne serving
350 calories 6-inch diameterTwo servings
Calorie Difference: 210 calories
CHEESEBURGER
20 Years Ago Today
333 calories3 ounce beef pattyBun with mustard
and ketchup
Calorie Difference: 257 calories
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
8 ounces 100 calories
SODA IN A CUP
20 Years Ago Today
Calorie Difference: 720 calories
48 ounces820 calories
3 ounces ice cream and cone1 scoop
320 calories
ICE CREAM
20 Years Ago Today
Calorie Difference: 500 calories
8 ounces ice cream4 scoops
820 calories
3 ounces chicken breast , baked320 calories
CHICKEN
20 Years Ago Today
Calorie Difference: 500 calories
6 ounces leg and thigh, fried
820 calories
20 Years Ago Today
Calorie Difference: 500 calories
1 cup whole grain cereal with 1/2 cup
milk245 calories
BOWL OF CEREAL
20 Years Ago Today
Calorie Difference: 175 calories
2 cups sweetened cereal with 1 ½ cups milk and
extra sugar420 calories
2 cookies2 inch diameter
96 calories
COOKIES
20 Years Ago Today
224 Calorie Difference: 500 calories
2 cookies8 inch diameter
320 calories
3 ounces baked potato with butter
185 calories
POTATOES
20 Years Ago Today
Calorie Difference: 435 calories
Loaded large baked potato with sour cream,
butter , cheese and bacon bits
620 calories
3 ounces sirloin320 calories
STEAK
20 Years Ago Today
Calorie Difference: 500 calories
14 ounce T-Bone 820 calories
SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS20 Years Ago Today
500 calories1 cup spaghetti with sauce and 3 small meatballs
Calorie Difference: 525 calories
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
Calorie Difference: 500 calories
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
Calorie Difference: 630 calories
Loaded taco with on bread shell, 6 ounces ground seasoned beef, sour cream, 4 ounces cheese, tomato and
lettuce850 calories
320 calories
PIZZA
20 Years Ago Today
Calorie Difference: 220 calories
Two large slices, 3 ounces pepperoni, 3 ounces cheese, crust
540 calories
How Can You Fight
Portion Distortion?
Eat From MyPyramid
MyPyramid tells us how many servings of each type of food we need every day
Plan Your Meals Around Vegetables
You’ll Eat More Nutrients and Less Fat
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
Eat Slowly
This gives your brain time to say “Whoa, You’re Full!
Know Portion Sizes
Practice until you can tell its right
Read Food Labels
Macaroni and Cheese
If You Eat the Whole Box, That’s Twice the Calories!
500 Calorie
s
Beware of Extra Calories
No more than 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise, salad dressing or butter a day
Use Fats and Sugars Sparingly
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
A Serving of Bread
The size of a CD case
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
A Serving of Peanut Butter
The size of a golf ball
A Serving of Fruit
The size of your fist, or a baseball
How big is the food you eat every day?
Brought to You By:
Virginia’s Family Nutrition Education Program, SNAP-Ed