Question: Why are the serving sizes in America SO big?
I found some really interesting things when researching the topic of serving sizes in the USA. I am just going to go ahead and list a couple of my findings:
-That food companies are constantly competing with eachother, so that when one company makes their portions bigger, the other has to do the same. Once Mcdonalds creates supersize, so does all other fast foods, etc.
-When people see such a huge portion for a small price they think they are getting a bargin so they buy more of it. its a good value for the price!
-since we have been corupted by the big meal sizes, oversized portions start to look normal to us
-When we go to other countries and eat out we find that their portions are "tiny" but they are really actually normal.
-"In the 1970s, around 47 percent of Americans were overweight or obese; now 66 percent of us are. In addition, the number of just obese people has doubled, from 15 percent of our population to 30 percent."
-"A study comparing eating habits today with twenty years ago found that participants poured themselves about 20 percent more cornflakes and 30 percent more milk than twenty years ago."
- that the size of a plate, bowl, and cup sizes have grown bigger and bigger as the years go buy!
http://diabetes.about.com/od/doctorsandspecialists/qt/bigportions.htm)
http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22178/49492-portion-size--now/3
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One thing that I saw that was interesting on your blog was from your internet research. It said:
"That food companies are constantly competing with eachother, so that when one company makes their portions bigger, the other has to do the same. Once Mcdonalds creates supersize, so does all other fast foods, etc."
This isn't surprising to me but it I find it very interesting. I often see many of the same items at Mcdonalds as many other fast food place. This competition can be one of the leading causes of obesity, because of the lack of caring about peoples health and the motive of selling as much unhealthy food as possible.
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