Australian Dietary Guidelines (Feb 2013)

Written by on February 27, 2013 - 14 Comments
Categories: Dieting, Gov. Policy, Media comments, Obesity, Research

New Australian Dietary Guidelines were published on February 18th 2013. Hundreds of pages of information are available here. The main “Eat for health: Australian Dietary Guidelines” document alone is 226 pages. The latest guidelines acknowledge the extent of the problem: “If current trends continue in Australia, it is estimated that by 2025, 83% of men [...]

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The men who made us fat

Written by on June 14, 2012 - 28 Comments
Categories: Gov. Policy, Media comments, Obesity

I’ve just finished watching this terrific programme on BBC2 (Thursday 14th June 2012). It will be on iplayer for just a week from now here. Full marks to the presenter, Jacques Peretti for getting together such greats as Robert Lustig, Gary Taubes, David Kessler, Philip James and for honouring John Yudkin posthumously. The programme opened [...]

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