United Kingdom’s National Obesity Forum and Public Health Collaboration

  1. Eating fat does not make you fat.
  2. Saturated fat does not cause heart disease. Full fat dairy is likely protective.
  3. Processed foods labelled ‘low fat’, ‘lite’, ‘low cholesterol’ or “proven to lower cholesterol” should be avoided.
  4. Limit starchy and refined carbohydrates to prevent and reverse Type 2 diabetes.
  5. Optimum sugar consumption for health is ZERO.
  6. Industrial vegetable oils should be avoided.
  7. Stop counting calories (Calorie focused thinking has damaged public health.)
  8. You cannot outrun a bad diet.
  9. Snacking will make you fat (Grandma was right!)
  10. Evidence based nutrition should be incorporated in to education curricula for all healthcare professionals.

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