#Portion sizes

Fruit juices were not a problem when I was growing up. Ancient history: Juice was so expensive—it was freshly squeezed from several oranges—that we couldn’t afford to drink much of it,  Juice glasses were 6 ounces. This was long before cheap concentrated juice appeared in supermarkets, let alone

Six items to cheer your holiday (or not): I.  The cost of this year’s Thanksgiving dinner (in Iowa, at least). II.  But the pie will cost less, says USDA. III.  How much of that cost does the farmer get?  Not much, alas. IV.  Williams Sonoma’s guide to portion sizes.  A half to a whole

Lisa Young, author of Finally Full, Finally Slim, has long argued that portion control is the key to maintaining healthy weight. Now, the industry-funded (see list here) British Nutrition Foundation has issued a “handy” guide to appropriate portion sizes. I put “handy” in quotes because the

Lisa R. Young.  Finally Full, Finally Slim: 30 Days to Permanent Weight Loss One Portion at a Time.  Center Street, 2018. I don’t usually write about diet books, but Lisa Young did her doctorate with me and I have followed her subsequent career with great interest.  She has taught for years in