“Eating fat does not make you fat.”

Report Says UK Government Is Pushing Obesity Epidemic

Posted On June 11, 2016 By Tanya Rakhmilevich

A report recently released by the National Obesity Forum and the Public Health Collaboration (PHC) in the United Kingdom has accused the UK government of collaborating with the food industry and recommending foods that may fuel obesity, rather than fight it.

Made up of general physicians, psychologists, dieticians and cardiologists, the Public Health Collaboration is, according to the report, “a non-profit organisation that is dedicated to informing and implementing healthy decisions.” The PHC’s review of the UK government’s dietary guidelines is scathing, and has drawn a great deal of criticism.

Specifically, the PHC focuses on the government’s recommendation that people should choose low-fat options when it comes to dairy products, as well as the recommendation to use unsaturated oils instead of saturated fats. The authors of the report write:

“The most natural and nutritious foods available — meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, nuts, seeds, olive, avocados — all contain saturated fat. The continued demonisation of omnipresent natural fat drives people away from highly nourishing, wholesome and health-promoting foods.”

In the case of saturated fats, the authors simply state, “Eating fat does not make you fat.”