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Your Health Champions’ Ideas for a Healthier Dinner
• Use a luncheon size plate for dinner.
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• When dining out, put half your restaurant meal in a doggie bag for lunch the
next day.
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With obesity at epidemic proportions in the United States, it's no surprise that many
of us are simply eating too much at meals. One extra-large reason for this is that the
portions of food we're served have grown ever larger over the last few years. Satisfy
your hunger and avoid overeating by trying these tips to help control dinner portions:
Use the Plate method – pile ½ your plate with non-starchy veggies, ¼ with a starch
and the other ¼ with a lean protein or protein substitute.
Serve plates directly from the stove (no serving dishes on the table) and leave the
leftovers out of sight.
Buy foods individually packaged or divide food into portions and store in small
baggies to keep track of serving sizes.
Try a healthy prepackaged frozen dinner that controls the portions for you. Compare
labels to keep sodium in check. Look for 300-400 mg or less.