Healthy Eating for Weight Loss

Why You Should Eat Like a Kid

Go ahead: Order a kid's meal, pack a lunch box, and chatter your way through dinner. These healthy eating habits could make losing weight child’s play
By Hollis Templeton fitbie
 

Snub the Clean Plate Club

The Clean Plate Club is best left to the pages of a history textbook, alongside a portrait of creator President Harry S. Truman, who started the movement in elementary schools as a response to food shortages after World War II.

Today, in a world of value- and jumbo-size everything, including dinner plates as big as platters, eating every last bite could be detrimental to your diet.

Researchers at Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab have conducted more than 50 studies on portion and package size and always come to the same conclusion: The bigger the package or plate, the more of a product a person will consume.

What does 100 calories really look like? Learn how to eyeball perfect portions with our visual guide.

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