Rethink for calorie eating levels

A move to end "executioner" dieting? (see here, here, here, here, here and here)

"The calorie counts used as the foundation for diet plans and healthy-eating guidance for the past 18 years may be wrong, a report suggests.

The recommended daily intake of calories could be increased by up to 16%, a draft report by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition said.

Intake levels are currently 2,000 calories for women and 2,500 for men.

But the panel stresses that people should only eat more if they exercise more, given rising levels of obesity.

The committee says its report provides a much more accurate assessment of how energy can be burnt off through physical activity.

A 16% increase would mean that adults could safely consume an extra 400 calories a day, equivalent to an average sized cheeseburger."

Probably not.

"Health campaigners say the Department of Health and the Food Standards Agency could seek to 'sweep this report under the carpet' in a bid to avoid sending out mixed messages in the middle of an obesity epidemic."

So they will continue to starve dieters into failure.

Lose weight the right way.