portion, packages, tableware, maximizing flavor, cravings

Kang-i Sun Chang

This is the cutest dish I have ever seen! CC has just cooked this smallest dish for me, as a complement to my "portion control' concept these days!

One steak a week raises cancer risk by 40%

New cancer alert over eating just ONE steak a week

Scientists warn that four portions of red meat could make you 42 per cent more likely to develop the disease. A typical portion size for red and processed meat is around 70g, officials said

DAILYM.AI

On average between 1993 & 2013: Bagels ⬆ 70g to 86g, family pack crisps ⬆ from 100g to 150g, chicken pie now 40% bigger

Portion size key in tackling obesity, says study

BBC.IN

University of Cambridge

Size matters.

Larger-sized portions, packages and tableware lead to higher consumption of food and drink

A new review has produced the most conclusive evidence to date that...

CAM.AC.UK

Fighting Starvation, Haitians Share Portions
By DAMIEN CAVE
New rules of hunger etiquette are emerging: no matter what is found, it must be shared.

Robert Caplin for The New York Times

Eating Well Without the Flavor of Shame

By JEFF GORDINIER

In his new book, the veteran food writer Peter Kaminsky writes that by maximizing flavor, you can satisfy your food cravings with smaller portions.

portion
n.

1. A section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole.
2. A part separated from a whole.
3. A part that is allotted to a person or group, as:
   1. A helping of food.
   2. The part of an estate received by an heir.
   3. A woman's dowry.
4. A person's lot or fate.

tr.v., -tioned, -tion·ing, -tions.

1. To divide into parts or shares for distribution; parcel.
2. To provide with a share, inheritance, or dowry.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin portiō, portiōn-.]

portionable por'tion·a·ble adj.
portioner por'tion·er n.
portionless por'tion·less adj.

portion[por・tion]

• 発音記号[pɔ'ːrʃən]
• [名]

1 （…の）部分, 一部((of ...))

a large portion of ...
大きな部分の…. ⇒PART[名]1

2 分け前, 割当て(share)

a portion of the revenue
歳入の割当て.

3 （食べ物の）1人前, 一盛り((of ...)).

4 相続分；（妻の）持参金(dowry).

5 [U]((one's 〜))((形式または文))運命, 定め.

━━[動](他)

1 …を（…に）分割［分配］する((out/to, among, between ...))

portion out the day to different activities
その日を種々の仕事に割り当てる.

2 〈人に〉財産を分与する, …を（人に）分け前として与える((to ...)).

3 ((古))〈人を〉運命づける.

［古フランス語←ラテン語portiō （pars部分＋-ION＝部分をなすもの→分け前）. △PART］

por・tion・less

[形]分け前のない；持参金のない.