Dieting can be more risky than being overweight for many, says this article, which claims fiuther that the so called "Obesity Epidemic" is in large part a myth created by govrnment manipulation of BMI standards.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/26/nfat26.xml&DCMP=EMC-new_26112006
The article maintains the followsing are "big fat myth" lacking scientific support::
1) that we and our children are (unhealthily) fat;
2) that being fat is a certain recipe for early death;
3) that our fatness stems from the manufacturing and marketing practices of the food industry and
4) that we will lengthen our lives if only we eat less and lose weight.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/26/nfat26.xml&DCMP=EMC-new_26112006
The article maintains the followsing are "big fat myth" lacking scientific support::
1) that we and our children are (unhealthily) fat;
2) that being fat is a certain recipe for early death;
3) that our fatness stems from the manufacturing and marketing practices of the food industry and
4) that we will lengthen our lives if only we eat less and lose weight.
