Half of the Midlands scoffing treble food portions at meal times, study finds

mirror.co.uk:

The nation’s biggest eaters live in the Midlands, where half pig out on meals three times the recommended portion size, a poll suggests.

Researchers asked 1,037 adults to compare the portions they actually eat with images of the recommended meal sizes. East Anglia was second in the greed league, with 49% going for treble portions, the South West was next at 47% followed by the North West, 42%, South East, 41%, and Wales, 37%.

People in the North East were the least likely to eat treble portions, at 35%. Just 10% of those surveyed said they ate the recommended portion given as healthy on the food labelling.

In 2015, 1.9 million of people in the UK were morbidly obese, risking Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, strokes and cancer. Nutritional