Article: Distorted portions: It's human nature to eat more when offered more.

Byline: Courtney Klemm

Mar. 21--DECATUR -- Twenty years ago, a trip to the movies meant a box of popcorn with 270 calories. Today, a tub of popcorn contains a whopping 630 calories. Stopping at a fast food restaurant two decades ago netted a person 333 calories in a cheeseburger, but today's fast food cheeseburger has 590 calories. And if you ordered a meal of spaghetti and meatballs on a dinner date 20 years ago, your portion contained 500 calories compared to the two cups of pasta with sauce and 3 large meatballs worth 1,025 calories on your plate now. Average portion sizes have grown immensely the past 20 years, according to the National Institutes of ...

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