The data describes the portion distortion over the last 20 years in the U.S. for selected foods, as of 2011. In comparison to twenty years ago an increase in calories can be observed for all selected foods. In most cases, this is due to increasing sizes of the average food portions. The calories growth for chicken stir fry amounted to 430 additional calories in 2011, compared to twenty years ago.
20 years ago | 45 | 210 | 500 | 390 | 270 | 435 |
Today | 350 | 500 | 850 | 790 | 630 | 865 |
Additional calories | 305 | 290 | 350 | 400 | 360 | 430 |