Does counting calories help curb obesity? Fat chance, say many experts
The UK hopes to fight a diabetes epidemic with a food labelling law, but many are sceptical that it will do any good
10 April 2022 - 18:21
After he emerged from his Covid-19 hospital stay in 2020, Boris Johnson announced his determination to tackle obesity in Britain. There was no doubting the urgency: Britain has the third highest levels of obesity in Europe, with about three quarters of adults overweight or obese...
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