Healthy portion sizes are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, "but of course everybody needs different amounts of calories," Burak says. The latest food portion sizes from the USDA come packaged at three ...

Whether you're trying to adopt healthier snacking habits or simply keep yourself from veering into food coma territory after dinner—admit it, we've all been there—it's important to pay close attention ...

Although “serving size” and “portion size” are often used together, they mean different things when it comes to our diet. A “serving” is the recommended amount of food nutrition experts advise us to ...

Making sense of food serving sizes is tough, especially when many of us rely on packaged foods to tell us how much a serving is (and then ignore it anyway, because snacks are yummy). Anyway, one ...

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 ...

If you have no idea what the difference is between a serving size and portion size… well, me neither. Then there’s this “portion distortion” thing that has everyone in a dither, not to mention how ...

In a bid to raise awareness around portion sizes and encourage people to eat more balanced diets, the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) today (14 January) launched a portion size guide, Find Your ...

With out of control portion sizes these days, it may be hard to keep track of how much of which foods you should have each day, let alone have to measure it all. Now, you can easily visualize portion ...

Portion size is important, but so is eating a healthy varied diet. We ask the experts how much food we should be putting on our plates, and how to get the balance right… Please note: The following ...

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