One serving size:
Meat: a 3-ounce portion = A deck of cards or the palm of your hand
Peanut butter: 2 tablespoons = size of a golf ball, has about 190 calories, 17 grams fat
Chips: = 1 handful; that's 6 large tortilla chips or 20 potato chips or mini-pretzels
Fruits and veggies = size of a baseball or of your fist
1 cup leafy greens = size of 2 tennis balls
Try these tips to increase awareness about (and maybe even reduce!) portion sizes:
- Ask about half portions or order from the child's menu.
- If you get a full portion size, box up half your entrée before you start eating.
- Share your food with your companion.
- Eat a healthy appetizer and soup or salad instead of an entrée.
- Eat more dark green (spinach, broccoli, Swiss chard, kale), red, and orange foods with lots of nutrition: (berries, red bell peppers, tomatoes, pumpkin, sweet potatoes).
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