How Food And Clothing Size Labels Affect What We Eat And What We Wear : The Salt Food and clothing labeled small appeal to us, even when the labels lie, a marketing professor says.

Healthy or hype? 16 most misleading food labels Zero trans fat. Trans fat is bad for your heart, and the ideal intake is zero. But products that say "no trans fat" can actually contain less than 0 ...

When a manufacturer lists a serving size on their food label, it’s based on their expectations of what you’ll eat, not what the dietary guidelines recommend.

Serving Size: An Important Part of Food Labels At the top of the Nutrition Facts section, you'll see the serving size (such as 1/2 cup, five crackers, or 10 chips) and servings per container (such ...

However, people should consider serving size to ensure they stay within healthy parameters for certain nutrients. For example, a carton of soup has four servings, and the serving size is 1 cup.

Interpreting recipes and food labels can cause some confusion too, Dennett says. “Both refer to number of servings it makes, but that may be different than what your portion ends of being, or in ...