SECTION FIVE: Week 5: nutrition labels, Fats, Portion Control
- An official serving of cooked meat is 3 ounces. A good way to estimate this serving would be
to keep in mind that it is about the size of:
a. A deck of playing cards
b. A paperback novel
c. A video cassette - how much larger is a typical serving of pasta, compared to the “official” government serving of ½ cup?
a. Two times
b. Three times
c. Four times
d. Five times - twenty years ago, the typical cheeseburger had about 335 calories. how many calories does
the typical cheeseburger have today?
a. 350
b. 450
c. 600
d. 900 - if you wanted to have an ounce of cheese for a snack, that piece of cheese would be about the
same size as:
a. A book of matches
b. Your palm
c. Your thumb
d. A stick of butter - the official serving of french fries has about 200 calories. how many calories are in a typical
“large” order of french fries?
a. 325
b. 400
c. 500
d. 625
ANSWER KEY: PORTION DISTORTION