The Obesity Paradox

This article is interesting on many levels. It shows how misguided we can be about the food we eat and how easily mislead we are by labelling. As a society, North Americans listen too much to marketing and too little to what our stomachs are telling us.

“People who eat at McDonald’s know their sins,” Dr. Chandon said, “but people at Subway think that a 1,000-calorie sandwich has only 500 calories.” His advice is not for people to avoid Subway or low-fat snacks, but to take health halos into account.

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