"Default User" > wrote in message
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> Dally wrote:
>
> > I've noticed that portion sizes change quite frequently on foods as
the
> > manufacturers try to either get real (does a slim box of mac'n'cheese
> > really serve 4?) or the opposite thing happens, a single serving bag
is
> > transformed into two servings without it being obvious on the outside
> > that it's now two servings, so fat people can eat as much as they
like.
>
>
> This doesn't make any sense at all. If they increase the number of
> serving per bag, why can people eat as much as they want? The serving
> size would go down, so if you following number of servings you'd eat
> less, not more.

People don't follow the serving sizes that are listed. They're frequently
rediculous. How many people buy a 20 ounce bottle of Coke and then
actually follow what the label says about it being 2.5 servings? The
tendency is often for people to not measure and interpret a serving to
mean closer to what they consider a serving.