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Portion Size In America Research Paper

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How much we eat and how healthy we are depends on many variables, but a big one is potion size. Portion sizes in the United States have been steadily increasing, this is bad because people are still eating at the same places and ordering the same things as before, but now they have more calories, which if not controlled leads to obesity. Portions sizes in America therefore need to decrease, or it will be very difficult or impossible to end or decrease obesity in America. On the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s website, the “Portion Distortion” section shows how portion sizes have changed in just the past 20 years in America. Ninety percent of the foods shown on their website showed that foods portion calories have increased more than 200 calories. This shows how many food portions have increased and therefore causes and increase in calories consumed by people getting these foods. The implications of this portion size increase in relationship to America today are that most people do not pay much attention to potion sizes they just go out to eat or buy food that is available to them. By increasing, the portion sizes obesity increases and if portion sizes decreased, obesity would surely decrease. …show more content…

I thought it was just because calories just increased in the foods because of more sugar and other additives in the foods, but I did not think about how it was also the portion size that has dramatically changed that could have caused the obesity increase in America. By increasing the portion size of foods, it is easy for people to eat whatever they get. Especially since when we were little, our parents always told us to finish everything on out plates. This therefore leads to people just eating everything on their plate in restaurants or other places where the portion sized

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