Use these common objects to properly size your servings without weighing everything you eat.
Portion Distortion Quiz: Guess the Right Serving Sizes
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What’s the serving size for cereal?
a) the size of a baseball
b) the size of two baseballs
c) the size of a baseball cut in half
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What’s the serving size for cereal?
A cup of cold cereal is the size of a baseball.
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What’s the serving size for pasta?
a) the size of a baseball
b) the size of two baseballs
c) the size of a baseball cut in half
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What’s the serving size for pasta?
A half cup of pasta or rice is the size of a baseball cut in half.
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What’s the serving size for meat?
a) the size of a deck of cards
b) the size of two decks of cards, side by side
c) the size of two decks of cards, stacked on top of each other
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What’s the serving size for meat?
A 3-ounce (85 gram) serving of cooked meat is the size of a deck of cards.
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What’s the serving size for fish?
a) the size of half a checkbook
b) the size of a checkbook
c) the size of two checkbooks, stacked
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What’s the serving size for fish?
A 3-ounce (85 gram) serving of fish is the size of a checkbook.
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What’s the serving size for an ounce of cheese?
a) the size of two dice
b) the size of four dice
c) the size of six dice
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What’s the serving size for an ounce of cheese?
An ounce (30 gram) of cheese is the size of four dice.
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What’s the serving size for sliced cheese?
a) the size of a CD
b) the size of two CDs, stacked
c) the size of three CDs, stacked
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What’s the serving size for sliced cheese?
An ounce (30 gram) of sliced cheese is the diameter of a CD.
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What’s the serving size for baked potatoes?
a) the size of a bar of soap
b) the size of two bars of soap
c) the size of a bar of soap cut in half
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What’s the serving size of a baked potato?
A medium baked potato is the size of a personal-size bar of soap.
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What’s the serving size for peanut butter?
a) the size of a marble
b) the size of a ping-pong ball
c) the size of a tennis ball
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What’s the serving size for peanut butter?
Two tablespoons of peanut butter is the size of a ping-pong ball.
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What’s the serving size for salad dressing?
a) the size of one shot glass
b) the size of two shot glasses
c) the size of half a shot glass
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What’s the serving size for salad dressing?
Two tablespoons of salad dressing is the size of a shot glass.
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What’s the serving size for juice?
a) the size of a small yogurt container
b) the size of a medium yogurt container
c) the size of a large yogurt container
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What’s the serving size for juice?
A 6-ounce (180 milliliter) serving of juice is the size of a small yogurt container.
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What’s the serving size for fruit?
a) the size of a tennis ball
b) the size of two tennis balls
c) the size of half a tennis ball
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What’s the serving size for fruit?
A medium piece of fruit, such as an apple, is the size of a tennis ball.
Originally Published in Reader's Digest
