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Should men get bigger portions in restaurants than women?

  • 12-08-2018 06:05PM
    #1
    Balanadan
    Site Banned Posts: 725 ✭✭✭


    Men have a higher recommended daily calorie allowance than women so why are they served the same size portions in restaurants?


    Is this practice unhealthy and contributing to our obesity epidemic?


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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    🤯


  • #3
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    Should toilet seats in women's bathrooms be smaller... Where do you stop?


  • #4
    imme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    You get what you pay for.


  • #5
    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 12,674 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    Or keep them the same size but make mens bigger?


  • #6
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    artanevilla wrote: »
    Or keep them the same size but make mens bigger?

    Bit of an oxymoron...


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  • #7
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Yes, demand half the women's steak.


  • #8
    Jim Bob Scratcher
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  • #9
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,293 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    When I worked in restaurants. They were generally set portions at a set price.
    However you could always order extra portions at your own cost!


  • #10
    Balanadan
    Site Banned Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Balanadan


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    When I worked in restaurants. They were generally set portions at a set price.
    However you could always order extra portions at your own cost!
    Couldn't they just have one menu for men, and one for women?


  • #11
    artanevilla
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    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Bit of an oxymoron...

    Keep current portions the same size for women, but make mens bigger, rather than keeping mens the same size and making womens smaller...


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  • #12
    Donald Trump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,325 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    What about if a lady is a fatty boom boom?


    Like yer ma


  • #13
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 20,085 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Balanadan wrote: »
    Men have a higher recommended daily calorie allowance than women so why are they served the same size portions in restaurants?


    Is this practice unhealthy and contributing to our obesity epidemic?

    Eating in a restaurant is a treat and so should happen so infrequently that it makes no difference to your overall intake and diet.
    No one meal makes any difference, it’s the overall intake compared to expenditure that counts.


  • #14
    woodchuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,411 ✭✭✭✭woodchuck


    If it's the same price, it should be the same size.


  • #15
    jamesbere
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    Just take a bit from the woman's meal and your sorted.


  • #16
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,293 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    When I worked in restaurants. They were generally set portions at a set price.
    However you could always order extra portions at your own cost!

    Not sure to be honest but each gender must be allowed to order of which ever menu of their choosing.


  • #17
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Given more Irish men than women are obese, I'd say no.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #18
    bee06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,514 ✭✭✭bee06


    Balanadan wrote: »
    Men have a higher recommended daily calorie allowance than women so why are they served the same size portions in restaurants?


    Is this practice unhealthy and contributing to our obesity epidemic?

    I’m currently breastfeeding so burning approx 500 calories more than a “normal” woman. I eat more than my husband.

    Everyone has different calorie requirements. Just because they put the food in front of someone doesn’t mean they have to eat it.


  • #19
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,387 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Can we take boards down again for another 24 hours? It’s still not good.


  • #20
    Balanadan
    Site Banned Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Balanadan


    bee06 wrote: »
    I’m currently breastfeeding so burning approx 500 calories more than a “normal” woman. I eat more than my husband.

    Everyone has different calorie requirements. Just because they put the food in front of someone doesn’t mean they have to eat it.
    It's terrible to waste food.


  • #21
    bee06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,514 ✭✭✭bee06


    Balanadan wrote: »
    It's terrible to waste food.

    You’re never happy.


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  • #22
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    This gender war ****e is starting to get really tedious...


  • #23
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,462 ✭✭✭blinding


    Women can’t eat out with the closed Burka / Niqab thing on anyways . So way more for the men .


  • #24
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,387 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    blinding wrote: »
    Women can’t eat out with the closed Burka / Niqab thing on anyways . So way more for the men .

    Aw man, if you had shoe-horned Tommy Robinson in there you would have bagged the After Hours hat-trick.


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
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    _Brian wrote: »
    Eating in a restaurant is a treat and so should happen so infrequently that it makes no difference to your overall intake and diet.
    No one meal makes any difference, it’s the overall intake compared to expenditure that counts.

    Eating in a restaurant is not a treat nowadays, its a very regular if almost daily thing for many if you include getting your lunch and other types of eating out. I'd eat in a restaurant at least once a week, get takeaway at least once a week and buy my lunch out everyday.

    As for portion sizes I find them a little on the small side for me but my oh finds them a little big so in most restaurants I finish her dinner after my own and in general this is about the right amount to fill me up.


  • #26
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,462 ✭✭✭blinding


    super_furry wrote: »
    Aw man, if you had shoe-horned Tommy Robinson in there you would have bagged the After Hours hat-trick.
    Tommy lost a lot of weight in the Big House . No way was he getting full portions .


  • #27
    Cleopatra_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 812 ✭✭✭Cleopatra_


    Hey! I'm a chubster, I want the same size meal as the men. This arse of mine has cost me many meals.


  • #28
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Balanadan wrote:
    Men have a higher recommended daily calorie allowance than women so why are they served the same size portions in restaurants?


    We get to finish our wives dinner?

    Changing the status quo would actually reduce the women's portion as dinner portions are based on a man's daily requirement.

    I like getting to finish her meal


  • #29
    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,679 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    This is why the man should order for the woman. If she looks like she's put on a few pounds order her a salad.


  • #30
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,462 ✭✭✭blinding


    Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »
    This is why the man should order for the woman. If she looks like she's put on a few pounds order her a salad.
    They take the salad suggestion very well .


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  • #31
    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,679 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    blinding wrote: »
    They take the salad suggestion very well .


    It's not a suggestion.


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