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Portion Sizes

How much is a standard serving?

1 ounce cooked meat, poultry or fish       =     Matchbook

3 ounces cooked meat, poultry or fish      =     Deck of playing cards, cassette tape, or the palm of a woman’s hand

1 slice cheese                         =     3.5 inch computer disk

1 ounce cheese                        =     4 dice or a tube of lipstick

2 Tablespoons peanut butter         =     Golf ball

1 standard bagel                      =     Hockey puck or 6-ounce can of    tuna

1 cup potatoes, rice or pasta        =     Size of a fist or a tennis ball

1 medium potato                       =     Computer mouse or 1 small bar of soap

½ cup cooked vegetables              =     6 asparagus spear, 7 to 8 baby carrots or carrot sticks, 1 ear of corn or 3 spear broccoli

½ cup fresh vegetable                =     3 regular ice cubes

1 cup chopped fresh leafy greens    =     4 lettuce leaves

1 medium orange or apple or         =     Baseball

  1 cup fruit or yogurt

Last update : Monday, 09 July 2007

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