How to Manage Food Portions

Video Transcript

"One of the leading causes of obesity in this country is that portions have grown way out of control. Most people don't even know what a real portion is. What I'm going to do, is I'm going to draw on this plate for you what your portions should be when you're at home. If you're out at a restaurant, you may want to immediately cut your food in half and ask for a to-go box for the other half. We are going to first divide the plate in half. This top part is going to be a cup of your vegetables. Then we are going to divide the bottom half into two more halves. This will be your 3 ounces of meat or grilled chicken or fish. This will be a1/2 cup of your grains, whether it's pasta or rice or beans. Those are the portions you should really be concerned with. Just to let you know, an average apple or orange should be the size of a tennis ball. A potato should be the size of a computer mouse. Three ounces of grilled meat is the size of a deck of cards, three ounces of grilled fish is the size of a checkbook. So, remember your portions."