Nutritionists launch portion size guide to tackle overeating

Recommendations focus on how much people should eat during the day to stay healthyMinisters and public health experts have long been telling us we eat too much sugar, saturated fat and salt but less attention has been paid to the size of the portions on the plate. Now a new guide to portion sizes warning that people are eating too much without realising has been launched by nutritionists, to suggest how much food people should eat during the day to stay healthy and help combat the obesity crisis.The British Nutrition Foundation ’s (BNF) guide is designed, it says, to complement the government advice on the sorts of foods to eat, as laid out in theEatwell Guide. It spells out how much of each sort of food – starchy carbohydrates, protein, dairy, fruit and vegetables and oils and spreads – constitute a healthy diet within the 2,000 calories a day that women need and 2,500 for men.Continue reading...
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