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SYSK Choice: Your Illusion of Knowledge & Has Restaurant Nutrition Really Improved?

Something You Should Know

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The Cost of Restaurant Portion Sizes

Food is the cheapest that's ever been in human history as a proportion of income or gross domestic product. And so it doesn't cost much more for the restaurant to put a little bit more food on your plate, especially if they're inexpensive, unhealthy ingredients. The supersizing of both not only restaurant foods but supermarket products since the 1970s is really a direct function of food being so cheap.

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