According to researchers at New York University, average portion sizes started to rise in the ’70’s, grew rapidly in the ’80’s – and continues to grow even today (although we supposedly know better).
Part of the trouble is the nomenclature. What we now call a ”large” order of fries from McDonalds’ weighs the same as what we used to call ”Supersize” just ten years ago.
And check out this table from the National Institutes of Health:
- Today’s 6-inch bagel - 350 calories.
That’s 210 more calories than the standard 3-inch bagel 20 years ago.
- Today’s 5 ounce muffin - 500 calories.
That’s 310 calories more than a muffin 20 years ago.
- Today’s a large cookie - about 275 calories.
That’s 220 more calories more than a large cookie 20 years ago.
- Today’s 3 cup chicken Caesar salad - 790 calories.
That’s 400 more calories more than Caesar salads 20 years ago.
Not only are we loading more calories into the same sized packages, we’re concurrently re-naming “supersize” as just “large,” and in many places “small” doesn’t even exist.
No wonder we’re all so fat! (Okay, maybe not “me.” 
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