Dinner plate comparison sizes over the years
Published on May 2, 2025
Since the 1960s, dinner plates have gotten way bigger — and so have our portions. This powerful image shows how many more calories we eat now.
Beautiful example of Parkinson's law:
In 1960's, average dinner plate was 8.5 inches, or ~800 calories of food.
Today its over 12 inches, 1900 cals of food.
A trick for losing weight (or getting fat): make your plate smaller.
Humans fill the amount of space we're given.
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