great post on calorie lab comparing various food items in their standard serving size twenty years ago to their standard serving size today. the information on food portions comes from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute from a quiz on portion control the NHLB created titled Portion Distortion. the charts also call out how much activity or exercise is additionally needed to offset the difference and addition of calories. example: the additional 400 calories gained in a standard portion of french fries is an equivalent to 1 hour 10 minutes of walking. that additional walking is just to balance out the excess of 400 calories in the portion increase - your body will still retain the remaining 210 calories. though the portions and calories have increased, the amount of time available in a day has not.
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