Over the past few decades, portion sizes at restaurants and in packaged foods have ballooned to shocking levels. What used to be a modest meal is now often enough to feed two or even three people.

Have you ever been enjoying a sleeve of Oreos when someone decides to chime in with the fact that, actually, a serving size is only three cookies? We hear about “serving sizes,” “portions” and often ...

One of the challenges to losing weight is choosing the correct portion size and not overeating. This is true for both packaged products and homemade food. Even if all you eat is high grade foods, you ...

Not many people cook or eat meals and snacks served in perfectly measured and weighed portion sizes. Even foods that come in packages mention serving sizes that are difficult to understand. How many ...

Share on Pinterest Knowing the difference between serving size and portion size can help keep you from overeating during the holidays. Getty Images Research shows the average person will gain 0.82 ...

Young kids (aged 3 to 5) were found to be highly susceptible to overeating when given larger portion sizes, challenging the "self-regulation" theory, in which children are claimed to have a natural ...