Most restaurant chefs are dishing out portions that are two to four times bigger than the governments recommended serving sizes.

They know these large amounts are supersizing their diners, but they believe customers expect big platefuls of food when eating out, according to a survey of 300 chefs presented in Boston at the annual meeting of the Obesity Society.

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