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Last Updated: Mar 14th, 2007 - 21:07:30 |
Have we lost the ability to control food portions, satiation and the temptation to stop eating? Amongst Americans, big is touted as better. Food is a way of the American culture. From sporting events, restaurants, shopping centers, to the workplace, foods is abundant in ample supply. Most of us are usually steps away from a favorite fast food restaurant.
A trough of garbage salad can be just as caloric as a burger. The quantity of sustenance is equivocally relevant as its food type. Minding portions is significantly important for managing a healthy lifestyle. Just as super-sized food portions have found has prowled its way into American hearts, it has changed the waistlines and overall health of the population. The dilemma encompasses several issues:
1) Lack of normal food portions
2) Unconscious caloric intake
3) Restaurants serve up cuisine in mammoth portions
4) All-you-can-eat buffets represent budget-friendly ways to feed the American family
Market research shows that items one, two and three account for the emerging obesity epidemic. For instance, a normal sized bagel is equivalent to two-servings of bread or 150 calories. On the contrary, many American bakeries feature gargantuan bagels with 300 to 500 calories. Bagels are not the only items that have been upgraded in size. Carbonated sodas have increased from 12 ounces to 20 ounces. Small sized potato chips have grown too.
Amongst dietician researchers, people are prone to eat more when fed more. To test the hypothesis, subjects were administered four different portion sizes of macaroni and cheese. The study showed that the more participants were fed, the more they consumed. Another finding of the research, depicted the volunteers not to compensate for over consumption from one meal to the next. Finally, medical investigators noted that the participants did not rely on the body's natural sense of satiation to curtail overeating.
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