Food police bust chain restaurants for super-sized portions

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Chain restaurants spanked for super-sized portions.
Chain restaurants spanked for super-sized portions.

Although McDonald's retired the "super-sized" option from its menus in 2004, chain restaurants continue to redefine the size of a typical serving of food, often doubling or tripling official government serving sizes, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

While a typical burrito weighs about 5 ounces, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, (USDA), a Chicken Burrito at Chipotle (which was once owned by McDonald's) weighs in at 21 ounces -- more than four times as much -- and is packed with 970 calories.

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