Eat like a bird? Better get started!

If you ate like a bird, you'd take in more than 16 kg (35 lbs) of food every day!
Saying someone "eats like a bird" is supposed to mean they eat very little, but that's based on a mistake: birds actually eat a huge amount. Up to half their body weight every single day! While you may see birds take one seed at a time from the bird feeder, they come back often, and keep eating all day. That adds up.
What would it look like if you ate half your body weight? Let's look at the choices for a typical 32 kg (70 lb) 10-year-old:
1.5 large bags of potatoes
13 boxes of Foot Loops
20 heads of lettuce
67 Big Macs
235 scoops of ice cream
So, if you're going to "eat like a bird", you'd better start eating!

Just be glad you're not a pygmy shrew. They have to eat 1.25 times their weight every single day!

Photo by Andrew via CC BY-2.0

Image of cardinal by GeorgeB2 from Pixabay