# Less than 3 full meals a day - Ok? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 22, 1999, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-than-3-full-meals-a-day-ok/3437 "1999-09-22T05:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheIncredibleHolg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@TheIncredibleHolg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheIncredibleHolg)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 1999, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-than-3-full-meals-a-day-ok/3437/21 "1999-09-24T07:57:00Z")
After that description, MaryAnn, I _really_ don’t see what your mother’s problem is. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 1999, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-than-3-full-meals-a-day-ok/3437/22 "1999-09-24T16:13:00Z")
So any guy who wants to date MaryAnnQ should be sure to know these things about her son so they can get on her positive side 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 1999, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-than-3-full-meals-a-day-ok/3437/23 "1999-09-24T16:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Another way to look at it: Have your child make a fist. That’s the size of what his stomach should be. The food on the plate should never be larger in mass than his fist. Well no wonder my daughter eats like a bird. Here I am worrying to death because I thought she wasn’t eating enough. Now that I think about it, she doesn’t eat much more than a “fist-sized” meal. I do feel better now. Thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-than-3-full-meals-a-day-ok/3437.md?page=1)