Dinner Plate Sizes Over The Years

The calorie differences are illustrated in the graphic below.

Dinner plate sizes over the years.

By the year 2000 the average dinner plate was 11 inches in diameter and now itâ s not unusual to find dishes that are 12 inches or larger. Simply reducing the size of a plate or. Since the early 1900s the size of a normal american dinner plate has become at least 25 larger. We eat off of big plates.

Trends are easy to spot and easy to mock as one decade s go to dish becomes the next decade s punch line. Since 1960 the overall surface area of an average dinner plate has increased 36 percent. 37 heads for dinner. In the 1960s plates were roughly 9 inches in diameter.

In the 1980s they grew to around 10 inches. Over the last twenty years the american diet has changed dramatically both in terms of the quantity and quality of our food intake. Back in a modern kitchen you suddenly notice how vast everything is 28cm has become a normal diameter for a dinner plate which in the 1950s would have been 25cm. Today it has skyrocketed to 2 673 daily calories per person.

The plate industry has had its own growth spurt during the past 50 years. The wedgwood white 5 piece place setting is thin light and practically flawless so it looks and feels like fine china but is tough enough for daily use. The dinner plate a symbol of nurturing and domestic plenty is as reliable a time capsule as fashion or pop music. Since these increases happen slowly over time it s hard to notice it happening.

Hold the microwave steamed veggies please forever. Of course with increased portion sizing comes increased caloric intake. A few decades ago plates measured 7 to 9 inches. By 2009 plate size had grown to 12 inches with the capacity to hold about 1900 calories.

In the 1960 s dinner plates were about 8 5 to 9 inches in diameter and held about 800 calories. In 1970 americans took in an average of 2 160 calories per day. The size of your dinner plate can affect your weight. Cited figures which show that a range of everyday supermarket products have increased in size over the last 20 years.