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No, serving sizes on food labels don't tell us how much we should eat

  • Written by Emma Beckett, Lecturer (Food Science and Human Nutrition), School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
No, serving sizes on food labels don't tell us how much we should eatStandard serving sizes are anything but standard.Shutterstock

The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating sets out how much we should eat from each of the food groups. If we eat the recommended number of “standard serves” from each food group for our age and sex, it puts us in a good position to have a healthy, balanced diet.

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