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 ...

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?

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 ...

If you’ve ever downed a whole bag of Chex Mix then flipped over the bag and found that’s about eight servings, you probably know serving sizes bear little relation to what people are actually eating.