Why are portion sizes in the US big? (lemmy.world)

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Coming from Europe & Asia, the amount of crap fed in America is just crazy: like "is that for ONE person?" (more like an entire table of 4) since what is considered "normal" is just beyond what my stomach can handle, whenever I see their portion sizes: it makes me puke. (No wonder why they have a higher rate of obesity...)

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[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

to add to this is the same good old fashion capitalist based enshitification that makes best-buy dates so wasteful.

in short: they feel that they can out do the competition if they give larger portions than the others.

this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026

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