The catastrophic rise of obesity and associated diseases of diabetes,cancers, etc. will cripple the NHS....sooner, rather than later, I fear!

Whilst appreciating the emotional content of the problem, it is mostly an issue of too much of the wrong food/drink being ingested....and sedentary life-style choices.

The on-going official dietry advice from such organisations as Diabetes UK, British Nutritional Foundation, hospital nutrional departments, etc.etc., all filters down from the Food Standards Agency......whose proud boast that their advice hasn't changed in the last fifteen years.......must be considered as part of the problem....or they are being totally ignored!

Feel free to check out their 'expert' advice on 'good' lipids.....and the insulin/leptin response problems of, "a third of our diet should consist of starchy carbohydrates such as bread, pasta, rice, potatoes", freely available on their healthy eating pages....

.......Little wonder we have a major obesity crisis!

For those of you who have an interest...and logical thinking processes rather than 'follow the herd' instincts, I recommend that you read the information at the following links ....and then make your own mind up!:

http://www.health-report.co.uk/saturated_fats_health_benefits.htm
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/07/10/how-high-fructose-corn-syrup-damages-your-body.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage
http://www.thincs.org/
http://www.mercola.com/2003/mar/26/pasteurized_milk.htm
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/80/3/550
http://www.mercola.com/article/statins.htm
http://www.mercola.com/2004/sep/8/saturated_fat.htm
http://www.mercola.com/1997/archive/dietary_fat_linked_to_heart_disease.htm
http://www.mercola.com/2004/jan/3/carbohydrates_age.htm
http://www.mercola.com/article/carbohydrates/scientific_evidence_low_grains.htm
http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/index.html
http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm