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Is it right to put anyone on a diet without telling them? These people put the people that live here on a diet, they are not overweight. They give us small meals, too small a meal for dinner.

I am not sure. I do know that the prevailing opinion today seems to be that humans can survive on a lot less food than what most of us eat. I could probably eat half as much as I eat now and survive. I might lose a lot of weight and go from 180# to 150#, but my health would likely improve. Most people eat the amount they do because eating is pleasurable.

Our ancestors spent a lot of time foraging for food, that was the foremost thing in their minds. Having abundant food anytime you want it is a luxury.

What happens when people eat less is that they conserve energy. I guess it is a way to control people, by limiting their calories you are limiting their activity levels. It makes the job of running a group home easier. High calories, high activity levels, high potential for drama and for stirring up mischief.

Are they smaller than is needed to provide adequate nutrition or just smaller than you'd like/smaller than you're used to?

Strictly speaking, they're obliged to have a diet plan, meaning a way to ensure everyone's nutritional requirements are met. That's not the same as a diet in the sense of restricting caloric intake with the goal of causing weight loss.

I wouldn't assume they're restricting your food intake explicitly as a control mechanism, rather cost-cutting is probably the main concern.

Kitty, do you know how many calories they're providing you in a day? Do you know how many you actually need for your age, size and activity level?

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-life ... t-20402304

You can use that tool to calculate your needs.