Portion Distortion Portion Distortion danboy122 published on June 21, 20107 responses 0 « Previous Next » Questions in vertical order 1/10 An official serving of cooked meat is 100-120g (3-4 ounces). A good way to estimate this serving wouldbe to keep in mind that it is about the size of: A deck of playing cards A paperback novel A video cassette 2/10 How much larger is a typical serving of pasta, compared to the recommended serving of 1 cup? one and a half times Two times Three times Four times 3/10 Twenty years ago, the typical cheeseburger had about 335 calories. How many calories does thetypical cheeseburger have today? 350 450 475 525 4/10 If you wanted to have a 30g (1 ounce) piece of cheese for a snack, that piece of cheese would beabout the same size as: A match box Your palm Your thumb A stick of butter 5/10 The official serving of French fries has about 200 calories. How many calories are in a typical â??largeâ??order of French fries? 325 400 450 500 6/10 Pizza is no longer just some crust, with sauce and cheese. Itâ??s loaded down with meats and cheeses,and some even have extra cheese in the crust. A recommended serving is a slice of cheese pizzacontaining about 250 calories. About how many calories in a slice of a â??super-loadedâ?? meat and cheesepizza? 300 350 400 450 7/10 A small box of unbuttered popcorn at the cinema will cost you just under 300 calories. How much fora large tub of buttered popcorn? 400 500 600 800 more than 1,000 8/10 By how much have average portion sizes increased over the last 30 years? 10% 15% 25-50% 75% 9/10 A brownie recipe in the 1975 version of the US cookbook The Joy of Cooking stated that the recipemade 30 brownies. The exact same recipe in the newest edition of the cookbook states that the recipemakes how many brownies?? 1 8 16 24 30 10/10 Some tricks that have been shown to work in helping you keep your portion sizes under control are: Using smaller plates Drinking out of glasses that are tall and skinny, rather than short and wide Eating with a teaspoon instead of a soup spoon Eating foods that are all the same colour All of the above
