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Online activity #1

Choose 1 of the articles mentioned below. Read the article and answer the appropriate questions.

Questions for “Solving the Portion Puzzle”

(http://www.tuftshealthletter.com/ShowArticle.aspx?rowId=406). Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, December 2007, Vol. 25, issue 10. Academic Seaerch Complete. Accession # 27689185.

1. How have restaurant “portion” sizes changed over the last 20 years? Give some examples of this change.

according to the NHLBI, a typical cheeseburger had 330 calories; today, it’s 590. The French fries you ordered on the side 20 years ago were a 2.4-ounce handful totaling 210 calories; today the standard order is a heaping 6.9 ounces, packing 610 calories.

2. What is the difference between a “portion” and a serving, as mentioned in this article? (N.B. this article gives information about US nutrition guidelines, but these guidelines can generally be applied to Canadian recommendations also.)

“portion”—the amount of a food you choose to eat (or that a restaurant or food packager thinks you should eat)— and “serving,” used to describe the recommended amount of food. 

3. What happened to the amount of food subjects consumed in the “bottomless” soup bowl experiment?

those eating from the bottomless bowls thought they’d eaten the same amount as people with regular bowls. They actually consumed 73% more soup. 

4. List/discuss at least 4 suggestions for decreasing food intake to a more healthy level.

1)If you’re snacking in front of the TV, dole out the amount you plan to eat into a bowl instead of bringing the whole snack package into the TV room

2)You could even try a specially designed plate or bowl, calibrated to appropriate portions.

 3)getting a food scale to weigh your portions

4)asking for a take-home container before you start eating; wrap up half your meal for later as soon as it’s served

5. What suggestion(s) would you add that would decrease the incidence...