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 ...

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Pop quiz: What exactly is a "serving size"? In a new study, just about 20 percent of people answered this question correctly, saying that serving size is how much people typically eat in one sitting.

Serving Sizes of These Foods Are Way Smaller Than You Thought. As handy as serving sizes are, they’re often misleading and ...

FDA proposals to change the way serving sizes are calculated to better reflect real-life eating behavior could encourage some people to eat even more unless the wording is changed or the move is ...

Food manufacturers set recommended portion sizes to give us choice. But how clued up are we about what these serving sizes actually are? How realistic are the portion sizes set by the food industry?

As part of its overhaul of the Nutrition Facts panel, the FDA is proposing to tweak serving sizes to better reflect real-life consumption behavior. But which products should be targeted? In comments ...

Most restaurants pack their plates with portions that are often two or three times the recommended serving size. And because people don’t always know how many calories they’re consuming when they dine ...