Have you ever been to any places in Europe? If you have, have you ever noticed the portion sizes whenever you went to a restaurant there? Well if you have never been there, you would never think of the portion sizes being any different than those in the United States. (well at least I wouldn't) The portion sizes are really different than a regular portion plate here where we live. It is very interesting to me because the portion sizes in Europe are very small compared to the portion sizes in a regular restaurant in the US. This topic came of interest to me because this could be a factor to explain why so many americans are getting obese from going to restaurants. The portion sizes are much bigger with more calories whereas the ones in Europe don't even compare. My dad's friend who lives in the Europe area was talking to my dad about the area and he mentioned the food at the restaurants and how it is really good. This made me want to learn more about the food there and I realized the portions were very small after I did some researching. Some statistics I found were that a candy bar in Philidelphia was 41% larger than the same candy bar sold in Paris, a soft drink was 52% larger and a hot dog was 63% larger, and a carton of yogurt was 82% larger. This just amazes me how America's portion sizes increased so much from factors like growing population. One of the pictures that I posted just shows the difference of calories from food in places like England and France compared to that of the US. The other picture shows the portion size from what we eat in restaurants here, what we usually eat at home, and that in Europe.
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