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Question (Aug 10, 2009 at 2:10pm)
Aug. 10, 2009 at 2:10pm
I know that increased portion size has had a great impact on obesity in the U.S. I eat out a lot and can readily see that this is a problem in many restaurants. But what about at home? Are we eating more calories there also?
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Joe says:
It's not just restaurants where portion sizes and calorie counts are out of control. Home-cooking recipes have increased about 40%, or an average of 77 extra calories per serving.
A study led by Dr. Brian Wansink of Cornell University found that numerous cookbooks suffered from "calorie creep." His examination of "The Joy of Cooking," which has stayed in print with revisions since the 1930's, found that 17 of the 18 recipes published in all seven editions of the cookbook had grown in both portion size and calories over the years. The chicken gumbo recipe, for example, went from 14 servings of 228 calories apiece in 1936 to 10 servings of 576 calories each in the 2006 edition. In 1936, bakers following "The Joy of Cooking" recipe made a batch of 36 muffins; today, the recipe makes 24 mega-muffins.
"It is insidious," says Dr. Wansink, "because caloric increase in home-cooked foods is the kind of thing the average person wouldn't notice."
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