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Should US restaurant portions be smaller?

Fact Box

The Cleveland Clinic recommends that US adults ages 21 and over eat “anywhere between 1,600 and 3,000 calories per day,” factoring in “age, weight, height and activity level.”

The most caloric meal at the popular Italian restaurant, Olive Garden, is the Chicken Tortelloni Alfredo, which has 1980 calories, 131 grams of total fat, and 3720 milligrams of sodium. 

Georgetown University and the Natural Marketing Institute’s 2022 Portion Balance Coalition study on Americans’ portion preferences found that after the COVID pandemic, “58% are opting for smaller portions to promote health and well-being.” 

A USDA report found that, for the average person, eating one meal away from home each week “translates to roughly 2 extra pounds each year… [and] one additional meal eaten away from home increases daily intake by about 134 calories.”

Elliot (No)

First, in this hypothetical argument, it's essential to note that the government has no place in regulating how much we eat. Putting that aside, the large restaurant servings typical of American eateries have many benefits. 

It's common knowledge that bigger portions generally offer more value. For example, when someone orders a large portion of fries instead of several small fries, they save money. It's basic budgeting 101. 

Aside from financial value, there is also convenience in someone eating potentially their only meal for the day in one sitting via one 'unreasonably large' portion. Sometimes, that's all that people have time or resources for. 

Another benefit of America's larger restaurant portions is that one typically has leftovers to take home with them for lunch the next day. Many people can only afford to visit a restaurant rarely, and leftovers allow them to revisit this luxurious experience even after returning home. 

Additionally, it's worth mentioning that people with higher metabolic rates need to eat more than those with a slower metabolism. Larger portions allow one to eat as much as they need to in order to feel satisfied. 

Ultimately, regardless of body type, people shouldn't feel embarrassed for eating their fill--especially in an era of social media pressure and constant body shaming. No one should feel like they've ordered too much food, and everyone should have a chance to feel full rather than going to sleep later with a half-empty stomach and wishing they had ordered more. 

Large restaurant portions offer value and the option to eat as desired in ways that smaller restaurant servings simply can't provide. 

Chad (Yes)

With American restaurants having the world's largest portion sizes and calorie counts, it's no wonder that Americans have the highest rates of obesity among developed nations. Our food portions have snowballed, with fast food servings now four times larger than they were in the 1950s.  

Our restaurants often seem to be in a race to see who can give the most food for the lowest price rather than focusing on quality or nutritional value. This can partly be explained by economics but also by the preferences of a subset of the population. 

While more significant portions work in many markets, there is a niche of customers whose needs are not being addressed, and thus they tend to dine out less frequently. Many people do not go out because they want to avoid paying for food they know they cannot finish--leading to financial and resource waste.

Additionally, people are bad at judging portion sizes and tend to eat more if given more. All this is contributing to America's obesity problem. It's not only science. It's even been proven in court. 

Notably, even in the countries where our foods come from, the serving sizes are much smaller than they are here. 

By adapting menu portions to mimic other countries like those in Europe and Asia, many restaurants could provide more enjoyable and costly meal service to their customers. This would not only offer more healthy and affordable choices but would also encourage people to eat out more. Smaller portions could be a benefit to our country's health and wellness as well as to the restaurant industry's bottom line.

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[that-was-anticlimactic]

just saw an article criticizing the httyd books for having a ten year old protagonist... said the movies fixed it by... by making hiccup older... and then criticized the fact that toothless was small... and that the movies fixed it by making toothless bigger so hiccup could ride him... as iF THE WINDWALKER ISN'T RIGHT THERE!!! it is very well established in book one that these are hunting dragons not riding dragons. there is a DIFFERENCE. anyway the DISRESPECT saying the movies "fixed the books" shut up

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[muxas-world2]

@rooooooossssssse Cause the ranch wasn’t the reason—I don’t even think Marc believes that. Since the doc, he barely brings it up. For me 2022 Marc is fun as hell when talking about Rosquez because he has this “move on but I’m setting the record straight” vibe. Really think the ranch incident and the whole infamous narrative abaut the race track record around it? That’s just Marc being a dick with his comments (as he shuld). The whole ranch’s thing whit context seem less important in terms of their right or fight cause , Marc didn’t even win that race, and there are multiple accounts of what really went down. Yes they were trying to kill one and another and went crazy but like for all acaunts and videos seems ther were having fun for example, Lacave (who I usually take with a grain of salt but he has a great rosquez article that is well documented and has good sources) wrote a pretty solid piece about the incident. According to that, Uccio was already mad at Marc and tried to badmouth him to Vale, saying, “He comes here with his mechanics, etc.” But even during the ranch race, Vale dismissed most of that drama.

I think what really happened is that Vale probably felt a bit weird seeing Marc show up with his own mechanic to what was supposed to be an amateur-style race. That’s all. The real fallout didn’t start there. It was the result of everything else that year the incidents, the escalating tension, and the whole story we already know from different perspectives.

In my opinion, Vale started to distance himself from Marc(and others people like idk his ex ) because, after the first test and early races in 2015, he realized that this was his year his last real shot to win a championship and finally claim that 10th title. By then, the Vale that Marc met in 2013–14, who was more relaxed and less focused, was kinda gone 2015 Vale was much different, and completely centered on the championship. That’s why he probably felt more vale more distant and acted the way he did like probably at the beginning it wasn’t just about Marc or the fears it was about the pressure of knowing this was his final chance to really get the 10th.

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