New research from The George Institute for Global Health has revealed Australians are eating ever bigger portions of foods laden in fat, sugar, and salt. Researchers compared data from 1995 to 2012 and found portion sizes for a large proportion of Australia’s most commonly consumed junk foods had risen significantly. An average slice of cake has increased in size so much it now contains almost 1000 kilojoules more than it did two decades ago.
Zheng, M., Rangan, A., Meertens, B., & Wu, J. H. (2017). Changes in Typical Portion Sizes of Commonly Consumed Discretionary Foods among Australian Adults from 1995 to 2011–2012. Nutrients, 9(6), 577. (open access)
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