Interesting point. Most of us don’t use up enough calories to compensate for intake. Any active kid like Caulfield could burn off my intake in an hour. With me, it just hangs around my middle to remind me.
Couple points here. Caulfield’s smaller body has fewer cells burning calories than any adult so he will use fewer calories for the same amount of effort. The comparison should be to another child who is perhaps less active. 2) serving size is a suggestion, but as he says, for who? A child might take one “serving” while his dad takes two and his teenage brother (Jeremy in ‘Zits’?) needs three. 3) In the past some manufacturers listed large portions to make the percentage of vitamins and other nutrients look better. The government started issuing guidelines on portion size based on calories and they also required information on fats and other things, like sodium, that people know are not “good for you.” Caulfield can easily determine the recommended number of calories for someone like him and compare that to the calories he is eating if he eats that whole package.
mrwiskers about 2 months ago
But which ones? Fat calories? Carb calories? It depends when you decide not to let your taste buds rule your entire food intake.
sandpiper about 2 months ago
Interesting point. Most of us don’t use up enough calories to compensate for intake. Any active kid like Caulfield could burn off my intake in an hour. With me, it just hangs around my middle to remind me.
The Orange Mailman about 2 months ago
Metabolism
goboboyd about 2 months ago
What the nutrition label shows as a single serving can be surprising. The portion seems so anemic in my morning cereal mixing bowl.
BJDucer about 2 months ago
I’m thinking that the older (calorie conscientious) generation wouldn’t even consider consuming the same snacks as what Caulfield finds to be tasty.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 2 months ago
I drive way too fast to worry about calories.
starfighter441 about 2 months ago
If it is not resealable it is one serving. I will die on this hill.
buflogal! about 2 months ago
Couple points here. Caulfield’s smaller body has fewer cells burning calories than any adult so he will use fewer calories for the same amount of effort. The comparison should be to another child who is perhaps less active. 2) serving size is a suggestion, but as he says, for who? A child might take one “serving” while his dad takes two and his teenage brother (Jeremy in ‘Zits’?) needs three. 3) In the past some manufacturers listed large portions to make the percentage of vitamins and other nutrients look better. The government started issuing guidelines on portion size based on calories and they also required information on fats and other things, like sodium, that people know are not “good for you.” Caulfield can easily determine the recommended number of calories for someone like him and compare that to the calories he is eating if he eats that whole package.