• Americans eat bigger portions than anyone else in the whole world.

• The average person eats about 60,000 pounds of food in a lifetime-equal to the weight of six elephants.

• Restaurants used to serve meals on 10-inch plates, but now most serve food on 12-inch plates.

• You will likely eat about 35,000 cookies in your lifetime.

• Newer versions of many old cookbooks have the same recipe but with fewer servings-this means bigger portions and more calories!

• A mouse has more bones than you do.