I was reading that portion sizes in American restaurants are roughly twice as big as they are in the UK. A big mac in MCdonalds, for example, would be twice as big in the US. [smiley=icon_biggrin.gif]

I don't think portion sizes in the UK are any different to what I can remember when I was young i.e. 15 or 20 years ago. I think people just eat more because there is more food available these days. Everyone's richer. In the past, only the rich were overweight - and that's because they had more money, and hence, more choice when buying food.

I don't think it's down to a lack of parental education. If anything, I notice that there are more middle aged/old people overweight than younger people, partly due to their metabolism being less effective. Overall, people are definitely healthier than they've ever been but we mustn't get too complacent and let the obesity problem get worse.


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