Pizzas must shrink or lose their toppings under Government anti-obesity plan

(Guardian of the bacon) #1

Will the government never learn they got it all wrong?

(Ellen) #2

Dr Alison Tedstone, PHE chief nutritionist, said the threat to childrenā€™s health had been ā€œdecades in the makingā€

Yeah, ever since they started pushing low cal / low fat.
Itā€™s a pretty scary though when she then says that calories in all foods need to be reduced.

(Chris) #3

Shrink the size of the crust to zero and youā€™re off to a great start.

(Bruce) #4

I hate the fact that governments (of all persuasions oddly) just end up regulating or lives to the last degree. Iā€™d just like the freedom to choose to do what I like with what Iā€™ve worked for instead of them deciding ā€˜what is bestā€™ through taxation and regulation.

#5

And thatā€™s why Iā€™m brave enough to self identify as a Libertarianā€¦ or as some say batshit crazy nutbags :grinning:

#6

They should also tell drug addicts to do a little less so they donā€™t OD, OR they could put signs on the streets telling people how fast to go so they donā€™t hurt people and thenā€¦ oh ya rightā€¦ REALITY!

It seriously makes me feel better that the British government is as stupid as the US with this crap, because if it was just us it would be more embarrassing. Reminds me of that crap they tried years ago in the Peoples Republic of New York with soda.

(Central Florida Bob ) #7

Simple answer: no.

Gary Taubesā€™ work at NUSI is really about trying to demonstrate that the whole of metabolism doesnā€™t come down to calories. A calorie is not a calorie, contrary to what the experts say. It is frightfully hard to do in a way that will convince anyone. Most of the world thinks they know the answer and donā€™t care about those uncomfortable details.

These people honestly believe that they can make a pizza smaller and people will just eat less, instead of compensating for it by eating more elsewhere. Which has been shown in study after study.

I use a small ā€œLā€. Capital L means the formal party, which is pretty useless around here. Lowercase l means the simple philosophy of live and let live.

#8

hmmmmm, never seen that before. Interesting.

(Central Florida Bob ) #9

I probably got it from someoneā€™s blog or something, IIRC. Someone made a big deal about being a ā€œsmall ā€œLā€ libertarianā€.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #10

Nah, folksā€™ll just eat more! Mayor Bloomberg tried limiting the size of sodas in New York, and people just bought two of the (smaller) maximum.

(Ellen) #11

True dat, I would ā€œtreatā€ myself to a pizza once a month but every other day would only have 1200-1400 calories of ā€œhealthyā€ foods and just got fatter. Really hope everyone will wake up soon to low fat doesnā€™t work.