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This is a horrible, horrible title. The author states that counting calories is "broadly correct", but that food labels show inaccurate calorie counts, and miss
by JabavuAdams 17y ago
This is a horrible, horrible title. The author states that counting calories is "broadly correct", but that food labels show inaccurate calorie counts, and miss some other factors.
The problem with a title like this is that it's easy for people who are ignorant to just read the headline, and get the wrong idea.
I know obese people who think that chocolate can't make them fat because it's "low-fat" chocolate. I know of other people who say "I've tried everything, but I can't lose wait", who still drink a lot of sugary pop every day.
Broadly speaking (haha!), you get fat when you take in too much energy, and don't expend enough.
- lutorm 17y agoI don't think the title is incorrect. He makes the point that even a 10 calorie imbalance per day add up to 1kg of fat in a year, so these small differences are important if you really try to tune your diet to exactly match some calorie count.