It's bleeding obvious day at the BBC...

[Whiternoise]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13948071

Reminds me of:

[petercook7]

They should just ban sugar from foods, what they are doing is trying to reduce food consumption because we have reached our limit in the ability to produce foods.

[MadduckUK]

another Kate Beaton fan

[Rob_B]

Is 2300Kcal really that much? I know its over some recommendations but I doubt many people over here have a lower intake (?)

Does it include kids? How is that seen as high?

[Lucio]

Is 2300Kcal really that much? I know its over some recommendations but I doubt many people over here have a lower intake (?)

Does it include kids? How is that seen as high?

It's not the average that's important, it's the rate of change between the figures. As for what 2300 kcal represents, on a typical day I'll eat only 1600 (200 for breakfast, 600 for lunch and 800 for dinner). Thats a cereal bar, sandwich and a microwave meal.

[kalniel]

As usual with the beeb these days, you have to ignore the headline completely*. The real point is the breakdown in what's contributing towards the calorie increase - this helps because you need to know what to target if you're trying to reduce that calorie increase.


*I was majorly irked the other day with a story about prince charles - the headline was something like "Tax payers funding of prince charles up 18%", an increase of 300k. All true, but rather one sided when the text revealed that the income we got back from him in tax returns had gone up a rather larger 26% or 914k. That makes him a rather good investment

[Whiternoise]

another Kate Beaton fan

Hark, a vagrant is pure gold

[scaryjim]

More than somewhat: was about to start a new thread for this but it fits rather nicely here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13975481

OK, the headline on the story looks fair enough. But if you go the the homepage, the headline is....

"Births fuel UK population rise"

So... the population is rising because people are being born? Surely not! I was so surprised...

[Tumble]

another Kate Beaton fan

I like the Fat Pony comics they make me grin.