User Post: Portion explosion!

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  Posted by Susan Thu May 7, 2009 9:00am PDT

  Wow that's crazy. No wonder there is such a problem with obesity in this country. I must say I would never eat a sandwich that large. My sandwiches are the typical homemade sandwich size with regular, sliced bread like the 20-year-ago photo.

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  Posted by Roxie Thu May 7, 2009 10:53am PDT

  i'm not surprised at all. i remember when the current small drink was a medium, the current medium a large and the current large didn't exist at mcdonald's.

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  Posted by Jezabel Thu May 7, 2009 1:37pm PDT

  Yes I agree with the change, especially as said above with the drink sizes. Once I was especially thirsty and ordered a medium. The thing was the size of a liter of soda! Small works just fine for me, and to be honest even that is too big sometimes.

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  Posted by V.H Thu May 7, 2009 1:47pm PDT

  I dare you to find a 'small' drink any more. You say small and they give you a medium, a small is not even on the menu. Lots of places you have to say 'child size'.

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  Posted by Sean Fri May 8, 2009 3:00am PDT

  Gee... and we wonder why our obesity problem is growing??

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  Posted by Elayne Fri May 8, 2009 5:22am PDT

  A store by us recently started selling "mini" bagels, and I swear they are the size that bagels were when I was a kid. It's all I buy now. The "regular" size bagels are too bready and we usually pulled the centers out, but the new "minis" are just right.

  I also have a hard time getting a sandwich these days because they're just too damn big. I'm always asking if I can get just a half (and the answer is usually no). The only time I order a sandwich these days is if I'm with someone who'll split it.

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  Posted by VictoriaB Fri May 8, 2009 5:30am PDT

  I love bagels, but I stay away from them becasue they've gotten so big. Those 'Baglefuls' things aren't too bad though. 200 calories and it satisfies my cravings for a begel and cream cheese.

  Just a suggestion!! :^)

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  Posted by Tesseractive Fri May 8, 2009 6:57am PDT

  Personally, I remember bagels being the same size (maybe even bigger) at the little family-run bagel shops in New Jersey, and that *was* 20 years ago.

  You can still buy little cheeseburgers at McDonald's and places like that, and a lot of places have sliders now, which are nice and small.

  I certainly won't argue with the larger point though -- most of the time, portions now are much larger than they used to be.

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  Posted by Netts Fri May 8, 2009 7:37am PDT

  I agree that portion sizes are too big, but I wonder if these results are exaggerated? I looked at the national instutite of health website and found an article (http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/289/4/450), and their results weren't as dramatic. Perhaps you were looking at a different study?

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  Posted by NikNik Fri May 8, 2009 7:47am PDT

  I believe it! I ordered a pasta dish last night and I swear there was enough there to feed 4 people! Needless to say I had to bring some home. Also there was a huge garden salad for the starter. Some people will eat untill all the food is gone. I try to maintain control.

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