Key Takeaways
Portion size is important when it comes to maintaining, gaining, and losing weight. If you eat too little, you are depriving your body of nutrients; if you eat too much, you may ingest too much calories and gain weight.
When eating packaged foods, we can look on the product’s Nutrition Facts label to determine a serving size. Sometimes the appropriate portion size of food can be hard to determine
Here are some tips for portion control:

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