Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet

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Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet

McDonald’s has a pretty unsavory reputation when it comes to public health. Lately the company has taken some steps to improve its image, launching vegetarian restaurants in India and putting fresh apples into Happy Meals. But there’s something at the core of its business that has at least the potential to do some good for both our waistlines and a different kind of waste: our waste of food. McDonald’s offers flexible portions. Walk through those golden arches and you have your choice of a cheeseburger, double cheeseburger, quarter pounder with cheese, or double quarter pounder with cheese. Chicken nuggets? Do you want four, six, nine, or 20? Fries with that or no? It’s choice, and we Americans love choice. But it also means only ordering (and only spending money on) the food we actually intend to eat. Of course, simply providing choice is not the whole picture. How many p...

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@emplois_engages » 31 Oct '12, 4pm
#statistiquesquifontpeur Les calories contenues dans le biscuit au chocolat moyen ont quadruplé en 20 ans [link]
@Jordangirl4ever » 21 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @walkforhunger: Bad for your health, and the planet's - Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet @grist [link]
@JennUrbs » 19 Oct '12, 10pm
RT @TheNakedLabel: Check out how portion sizes have grown. It will disgust you!!!!! See how our planet is affected by this. [link] #pollution
@TheNakedLabel » 19 Oct '12, 9pm
Check out how portion sizes have grown. It will disgust you!!!!! See how our planet is affected by this. [link] #pollution
@jackrosenberger » 19 Oct '12, 7pm
Super size, super waste: How whopping portions harm the planet [link] via @grist #DoGood #vegetarian
@GenBois » 18 Oct '12, 4pm
"Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet" [link] v @jambyjuice #NCDs #Health #Obesity
@hugues1966 » 18 Oct '12, 2pm
RT @DownTo_Earth_: Super size, super #waste: What whopping portions do to the planet via @grist [link] #food
@adambedders » 18 Oct '12, 12pm
RT @blackgull: RT @grist: Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet [link]
@ClaudyaLaflamme » 17 Oct '12, 4pm
RT @emplois_engages: Comment les calories d'un biscuit au chocolat ont quadruplé en 20 ans (+ autres effets des mégaportions sur la planète) [link]
@emplois_engages » 17 Oct '12, 4pm
Comment les calories d'un biscuit au chocolat ont quadruplé en 20 ans (+ autres effets des mégaportions sur la planète) [link]
@DunkTheJunkFood » 17 Oct '12, 4pm
RT @jambyjuice: via @grist: Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet [link]
@ColorJoy » 17 Oct '12, 3pm
We're not 36% taller-RT @grist: Did you know that the average dinner plate size expanded by 36% between 1960 and 2007? [link]
@mikevonmassow » 17 Oct '12, 3pm
#Food #waste -Super size, super #waste: What whopping portions do to the planet [link] via @zite
@balanceoffood » 17 Oct '12, 2pm
Smaller food portions can ease wear, tear on planet and us, too [link] #grist
@EssentialFoods » 17 Oct '12, 8am
Surface area of the average dinnerplate grew by 36% between 1960 & 2007! [link]
@adairj » 16 Oct '12, 10pm
RT @FRESHthemovie: From 1982 to 2002, the avg pizza slice grew 70%?! How super size portions lead to super size waste: [link]
@greeneatz » 16 Oct '12, 8pm
Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet [link] #foodwaste
@FRESHthemovie » 16 Oct '12, 8pm
From 1982 to 2002, the avg pizza slice grew 70%?! How super size portions lead to super size waste: [link]
@atiq_rahim » 16 Oct '12, 7pm
"@grist: Did you know that the average dinner plate size expanded by 36% between 1960 and 2007? [link]"~this is not good man..
@Babsblw » 16 Oct '12, 7pm
"@grist: Did you know that the average dinner plate size expanded by 36% between 1960 and 2007? [link]" ? t2 diabetes related?
@LauraMalamud » 16 Oct '12, 7pm
This is scary "@eartheats: RT @grist: Did you know that the avg dinner plate size expanded by 36% between 1960 & 2007? [link]”
@braindamage10 » 16 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @eartheats: RT @grist: Did you know that the average dinner plate size expanded by 36% between 1960 and 2007? [link]
@seagreendrinks » 16 Oct '12, 6pm
To reduce food waste, restaurants could learn something from... McDonald's? Interesting article from @grist [link]
@WegoWise » 16 Oct '12, 6pm
Find out why your lack of portion control is a bigger problem than you think. [link] #SuperSize #No
@AntoMon » 16 Oct '12, 5pm
Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet [link] #sustainability
@dsaccardi » 16 Oct '12, 5pm
Super Sized portions' planetary impacts, and what to do about it: [link] via @grist @NRDC @DGunders
@EcoRational » 16 Oct '12, 4pm
Super Size, super waste ... and super waists! [link] #portioncontrol #health
@ComfyFitness » 16 Oct '12, 4pm
RT @adriwall: RT @grist: Did you know that the average dinner plate size expanded by 36% between 1960 and 2007? [link] [so did the avg...
@CityBench » 16 Oct '12, 3pm
Self-control is the universal cure RT @grist: Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet [link]
@walkforhunger » 16 Oct '12, 2pm
Bad for your health, and the planet's - Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet @grist [link]
@GraceDickinson » 16 Oct '12, 2pm
Growing portions sizes are increasing both our waists and our landfill’s waste. [link]
@GreenDoorMag » 16 Oct '12, 1pm
RT @coejl: On World Food Day, find out how your dinner influences the rest of the world [link] #WFD2012
@coejl » 16 Oct '12, 1pm
On World Food Day, find out how your dinner influences the rest of the world [link] #WFD2012
@EfficaciteEner » 16 Oct '12, 1pm
RT @planet_forward: RT @grist: Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet [link]
@GrowinCities » 16 Oct '12, 1pm
Our waists too! RT @grist: Did you know that the average dinner plate size expanded by 36% between 1960 and 2007? [link]
@collectivepic » 16 Oct '12, 1pm
The mad growth of portion sizes, resulting in the expansion of our waste lines, food waste and oddly plate sizes [link]
@hkeye7 » 16 Oct '12, 12pm
RT @KarenMessier: Super Size. Super Waste. What Whopping Portions are Doing to the Planet: [link]
@KarenMessier » 16 Oct '12, 12pm
Super Size. Super Waste. What Whopping Portions are Doing to the Planet: [link]
@asberner » 16 Oct '12, 12pm
Keskiverto lautanen kasvoi 36 prosenttia välillä 1960-2007, kirjoittaa Grist. Haluaisin tietää, kuka mittasi. [link]
@MarkVanderhoek » 16 Oct '12, 12pm
Wow RT @grist: Did you know that the average dinner plate size expanded by 36% between 1960 and 2007? [link]
@jenninmi » 16 Oct '12, 11am
RT @neelaeast: As has the avg American: MT@grist: Did u know the average dinner plate size expanded by 36% between 1960 and 2007? [link]”
@urbanbike » 16 Oct '12, 11am
@Toximityx bref, tu ne me lis pas… [link] @raphalavanille
@damienroue » 16 Oct '12, 8am
RT @urbanbike: À lire, chez followers… [link] Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet… #delire
@urbanbike » 16 Oct '12, 8am
À lire, chez followers… [link] Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet… #delire
@smoorearch » 16 Oct '12, 8am
RT @blankslatedes: And waists? @grist: Did you know that the average dinner plate size expanded by 36% between 1960 and 2007? [link] #food #fat
@ClubGreenNL » 16 Oct '12, 7am
Waarom verspilt een Amerikaan 10 (!) keer zo veel voedsel als een Aziaat: [link] #super #size #super #waste #food
@blankslatedes » 16 Oct '12, 7am
And waists? @grist: Did you know that the average dinner plate size expanded by 36% between 1960 and 2007? [link] #food #fat
@Jimmibabe » 16 Oct '12, 7am
Well worth a read! RT @grist: Super size, super waste: What whopping portions do to the planet [link]
@JaimeVelo » 16 Oct '12, 6am
RT @andrewcrawley: "From 1982 to 2002, the average pizza slice grew 70 percent in calories." [link]
@peecee65 » 16 Oct '12, 6am
Dishwashers shrunk! “@grist: Did you know that the average dinner plate size expanded by 36% between 1960 and 2007? [link]”