What is the link between lack of understanding about healthy eating and obesity?

December 27, 2011

What is the link between lack of understanding about healthy eating and obesity?

I am doing a research project about the link between lack of understanding about the food we eat and obesity, however i cannot find any relevant articles for my literature search to back up my primary research. Does anyone know where i can find any articles? Thank you.

2 Responses to “What is the link between lack of understanding about healthy eating and obesity?”

Adam Says:
December 27th, 2011 at 5:42 am
Best book out there is Good Calories Bad Calories by award winning science ∆ournalist Gary Taubes. Book changed my life – Taubes cites TONS of excellent sources that you can look up. see here: http://www.amazon.com/Good-Calories-Bad-Gary-Taubes/dp/1400040787

I would also suggest: Rajen S. Anand, P. Peter Basiotis article: Is total fat consumption really decreasing? from Family Economics and Nutrition Review (Summer, 1998). This paper – from the USDA itself – shows that we have actually been eating LESS dietary fat since the obesity epidemic. All the extra calories we have been eating is from sugar and carbohydrate.
Sophia Says:
December 27th, 2011 at 5:45 am
There is no lack of understanding, anyone over the age of 5 understands that bad foods with a lot of calories make you fat, it’s just that people are lazy and aren’t willing to eat healthy because bad food is cheaper and tastes better. The problem is with self-control, not understanding.