The government needs to stop promoting the failed advice to eat less and exercise more, if they want to get serious about halting the unprecedented epidemics of diabetes, obesity and metabolic disease, argues Ben Greenfield in a new op-ed. He's completely right:
The Hill: Congress, stop government from dishing out bad dietary adviceAerobic exercise and low-fats diets have been tested in multiple clinical trials on tens of thousands of Americans, but neither method has ever successfully been shown to be effective for helping people meaningfully lose weight.
