McDonald's portions have super-sized since the fast food chain's first store opened in 1955. At that time, a customer could order only one size of fries off the menu, and the serving was about 2.4 ounces, according to Buzzfeed. That's .2 ounces less than a standard small fries offers today. But who's choosing small when you can get a lot more fries for just a little extra dough? Today's large serves up 5.9 ounces of fried potatoes -- and 510 calories to boot.?
自1955年第一家麥當勞開業(yè)以來，麥當勞快餐的份量就已經翻了翻。根據Buzzfeed的說法，那時候顧客在菜單上能點到的薯條就只有一種大小，份量大約是2.4盎司，比今天標準小薯條的份量還要少0.2盎司。但如果只加一點點錢就可以多吃很多薯條，那誰還會選小的呢？今天的大薯條份量有5.9盎司，還含有510卡路里等著你去消耗。

We can't be so surprised, then, that Americans' waistlines have increased as their sodas, burgers and fries have been seriously beefed up. In the early 1960s, the average American man weighed 166.2 pounds. In 2010, he weighed 195.5 pounds, gaining nearly 30 pounds.
既然飲料、漢堡和薯條都實實在在地加了量，那美國人的腰圍跟著增加也就沒什么好奇怪的了。在20世紀60年代早期，美國人的平均體重是166.2磅。而2010年，平均值變195.5磅了，增重近30磅。

Other restaurants have expand their plates, too, of course -- according to the CDC, the average restaurant meal is now more than four times larger than it was in the 1950s.
當然，其他餐廳的飯菜也變得更大盤了——根據疾病預防控制中心的記錄，今天普通餐廳的飯菜份量是20世紀50年代的4倍有余。

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