Stop counting calories and start promoting nutritional value, urge researchers

By Nathan Gray

27-Aug-2015 Last updated on 18-Mar-2017 at 16:51 GMT

When it comes to cutting levels of obesity-related heart disease and death, it’s time to stop counting calories, and start to make simple changes that improve the nutritional value of diets, argue public health experts.

Stigmatising the obese may worsen consumption habits, say researchers

04-Mar-2015

By Niamh Michail

Attempting to tackle the obesity crisis through ‘negatively-focused’ tactics is ineffective, and may in fact worsen the situation, according to various researchers.

Forget calorie counting and start eating healthily, say UK healthcare leaders

17-Nov-2014

By Nathan Gray

Following a Mediterranean style-diet may be better at cutting obesity rates than following diets that involve continually counting calories, say researchers in the UK.

Cutting carbs, gluten or fat? The 'utter nonsense' behind claims to be the best diet

17-Apr-2014

By Nathan Gray

From the benefits of gluten-free to those of Mediterranean and Palaeolithic diets, many claims that one dietary strategy are better than another for health and weight loss are simply 'unjustified' and 'sometimes utter nonsense', according to a new review.