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Marilyn Monroe is fat...at least people would think so if she were around today.

The old size 4s are the new size 11s. And a 34 inch waist in a pair of Levis, though I wish it were 34", in all honestly, I don't think so.

The truth is, things are bigger now than they used to be...including meal sizes.

Instead of selling super-sized meals, why not sell a normal size hamburger and include some plaster of fat and a spatula and let you spread it directly to your mid section, hips or both?

Food is twice the size it used to be...partly because people want more...and partly because McDonald's and other like-minded places have to make portions big enough to justify the prices that go with them.

"I have to pay $2.00 fo this tiny thing?"

Why not creat 50 cent sized hamburgers and sell them for 50 cents?

That's not going to happen.

So, why not take half home...or enjoy the other half at

My wife and I almost always share a main course and a desert. She eats about one third and I get the rest...normally just right for both of us. And if we have different preferences, we order full meals and take home the leftovers.

A New York University nutrition professor suggests that you "use your hand as a portion guide -- 3 ounces of meat fits into your palm, 1 cup of potatoes looks like a fist."

Eat your portion...but not his, hers, and theirs, too.