Portion Sizes | How Much Should I Eat?

Published:
May 20, 2015
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Portion size is important when it comes to maintaining, gaining, and losing weight. If you eat too little, you are depriving your body of nutrients; if you eat too much, you may ingest too much calories and gain weight.

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When eating packaged foods, we can look on the product’s Nutrition Facts label to determine a serving size. Sometimes the appropriate portion size of food can be hard to determine

Here are some tips for portion control:

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