Numbers Game: Answer

Since 1982, the standard size of a hamburger in Canada has increased 112 percent. Pasta servings have expanded by 480 percent.

(Source: Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion)

Wow.

That certainly helps explain rising obesity rates in Canada.

In 1978, 14 percent of the Canadian adult population was obese. In 2004? 23 percent.

That's a 64 percent increase, simultaneous with the above-mentioned exploding portions.