HERE’S HOW OUR READY MEALS HAVE GROWN!

Doctors wants shops to cut portion sizes. Maybe this comparison between meals and snacks 25 years ago and today reveals why ...

WE’VE heard a lot recently about how much smaller many of our favourite chocolate treats have become. But while we may lament a shrinking chocolate bar, many everyday foods have exploded in size in recent years. Larger portions now threaten people’s health by encouraging them to overeat, say experts who point out that with two in three Irish people either obese or overweight, portion

sizes must form an integral part of a health Thanks to a publication which was released in 1993 by food standards officials see how big the increases are. Here, TESSA CUNINGHAM compares the sizes and calorific content of everyday food products and ready meals from the guide with the same items in today’s supermarket aisles (our pictures show how much you’d have got in 1993 and now).

The results are truly shocking . . .