Report: Restaurants should shrink portions (per FDA commissioned study, too many calories)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/1/06 | Andrew Bridges - ap

[MEG33]

LOL..I have never had an eat everything on your plate mindset..and I was a depression baby. I love leftovers of a good dinner out. I also like to slice leftover steak into thin slices and make a sandwich.

[theBuckwheat]

A bloated and morbidly obese US government is of more danger to the health and prosperity of US citizens than being overweight. Let us put the government on a starvation diet first. Smaller portions for all departments! No portions at all for departments not mentioned in the Constitution, like Education and Energy. Starve the National Endowment for the Arts and National Public Radio!

[Rome2000]

UMM Scorpion Soup, now thats what I call fast food!!

[NormsRevenge]

It did cross my mind to ping Grok and Tork, but I figured if'n there was food around you'd be a'finding it soon enough ;-)

[Revolting cat!]

I've been to countries where restaurant portions are huge and people slim. Miracle of miracles!

Since the obesity epidemic affects mostly the so-called poor, who are as often as not purchasing their food using foo stams how about limiting the kinds of items that can be bought wif foo stams? Cain't do that, can we, the junk food industry lobbyists might get upset.

[KoRn]

"UMM Scorpion Soup, now thats what I call fast food!!"

LOL! That's a culinary abomination.

[CaptainCanada]

Most restaurant serving sizes in America are at least 1.5 to 2x the servings I see in canada or here in NZ

Agreed, I happen to be in the States at the moment and am having a
difficult time finding menu items which are reasonably portioned.
I find I've been eating a combined lunch/supper in the middle of
the afternoon and then generally at Thai restaurants..
Who knew the U.S. had great Thai restaurant... ;)

[fight_truth_decay]

Fried pretzels?

ahh...no,onion rings!!


Am just trying to interject this is not rocket science and, therefore; last time I looked, there is no law about what you or I cannot eat. It is self control, moderation and common sense. So you have a 'real' hot fudge sundae or one of the aforementioned--it is not a crime, enjoy and take control of your own life! Just like I would not appreciate you eating out of my plate, when you have your own; I definitely do not want the government sticking their fingers in my food. Every time they leave a "new note" on food packaging, the cost goes up.

[NZerFromHK]

Oh, no one will bother you here in NZ either if you opt to eat sundaes every day. I agree it is not the government's business to restrict dietary habits. But based on my own freedom, I wouldn't want anyone to eat buffets for lunches and dinners every day over a two-month period.

At least I can't afford to do that, with family history of hypertension and diabetes.

[Old Professer]

20 years ago CR did a study on cereals; they raised healthy lab rats on Cheerios and clinically approved rat food.

All the rats could eat as much as they wanted.

The rest fared far worse and some starved.

An editor set up another study about 15 years later and they provided cereals for people and gauged the merits based solely on taste, texture and fullness among human volunteers.

They should have stayed with rats.

[SmoothTalker]

If you go to just about any other country in the world, you'll be amazed at the lack of fatties compared to here. We are so used to blubber that we get desensitized to it when in reality we really are a country full of slobs who care little about what they put in their bodies and live a sedentary lifestyle. That said it shouldn't be the government's job to police this. If someone wants to be an unhealthy pig and eat way too much, its their own fault. Let them suffer the consequences of gluttony and inactivity. Its all about the personal responsibility.

[SmoothTalker]

"Most restaurant serving sizes in America are at least 1.5 to 2x the servings I see in canada or here in NZ. Quite a lot of food actually. "

100% true. And you see far fewer overweight peaple and almost none of the truly obese monsters we have lumbering down US streets when you go to a place like New Zealand.

[NZerFromHK]

Things aren't too good in New Zealand either. Over half of people in this country are overweight, and obesity is a major problem among Maori and Pacific Islanders (who combined together constitute about 16% of the population). The Europeans (white) tend to be slightly overweight.

[freepatriot32]

rember everybody the nanny staters are going to stop with smoking

[freepatriot32]

Your tax dollars at work

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[gondramB]

As a relative newcomer to the ping list I didn't realize until this week that you had founded the list. I just wanted to take this opportunity to say I think this is the most helpful list on Free Republic - thank you for your work.

[strider44]

One of your recent favorite sons, Peter Jackson, seems to have lost a ton of weight. Good for him. Also, you guys need to eat big portions to keep those elite rugby players in top form.

[CSM]

Isn't this how smoking bans started? The government just can't stand to let people live their own lives...

[metesky]

Everything not prohibited is mandatory.

[Wolfie]

That's the logical progression of allowing government to tell adults what they can't put in their bodies.

Yep. No sense in arguing about it, the point has been conceded (back in the early 1900's in fact). This is just the logical outcome.