Last month we talked about the growing obesity epidemic in this country. This month we will focus on meat, fish, and poultry. Next month we ll cover fruits and vegetables. In April, we will discuss dairy products and for the last column in the series, we will give you some help with restaurant portions. Other categories of food are more difficult to determine.
Many people don t know what that serving size looks like.
It has the approximate dimensions of a new deck of cards, a cassette tape, or your checkbook . Count the number boneless, skinless chicken breast halves in the package and divide the total package weight by this number. That will tell you approximately how many ounces each piece weighs. Packaged lunch meats are usually cut into 1-ounce slices. Bones, in cuts of meat or poultry, account for 1-2 ounces.