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This sounds good, right?

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So at its heart is better information: making sure everyone has the best possible information about the food that they enjoy, a big communications campaign about why obesity matters, and much more direct communication and support from your GP, who should see helping people tackle obesity in the same light as helping people tackle smoking.

But of course this is how they're planning to accomplish this:

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So we are making it mandatory for large businesses, like restaurants and takeaways, with over 250 employees, to make clear how many calories are in the food they sell.

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We also know that what we see on TV, and promoted in shops and supermarkets, can have a big impact on the food that we buy.

This is especially the case for children, where research shows that adverts can shape their preferences at a young age.

So we are banning the advertising of high fat, sugar and salt products before 9pm on TV and online.

So primarily calories in/calories out.

Again.

Still.

Assuming this tactic results in any weight loss at all (for some people, it really doesn't), in the vast majority of cases, it will only result in hunger, frustration, a return to "normal" eating patterns, which most often ends in gaining back all lost weight, plus a few extra pounds.

I'm so sick of them barking up the wrong tree on absolutely every official recommendation related to diet. At least they mentioned sugar this time, and yes, many people are consuming way too many sweet sauces, desserts, and sugary drinks. But that completely ignores the fact that the dozen servings of starches they want you to eat each day converts to glucose and raise blood sugar faster than table sugar does, and that fruit and juices are just more sugar. I'm sure those are considered to be perfectly fine though, especially when blessed by the glowing aura of a gram or two of fiber per serving.