(Diarmid Logan) wrote in message . com...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3509792.stm
'Put fat children on Atkins diet'
Fat children should be put on Atkins-style diets to lose weight and
prevent illness, a cancer specialist has said.
Professor Julian Peto, of the Institute of Cancer Research, said
high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets could suppress appetites and keep
children slim.
Obesity "is now overtaking smoking as the number one killer and I am
very concerned that we need to tackle it early," he told BBC Radio 5
Live.
He said dietary advice for children was not working and needed a
"rethink".
He added that children should be weighed regularly in school.
The problem of obesity is soaring among children in the UK.
In 1998, 9% of two to four-year-olds were considered obese - almost
double the figure in 1989.
The World Health Organisation says being overweight causes diabetes,
heart disease and some forms of cancer.
Professor Peto said the Atkins diet, which involves eating lots of
meat and other high protein foods, while restricting carbohydrates,
worked because proteins suppressed the appetite and people did not eat
as much.
"I am sure the Atkins wasn't developed on this basis but that is why
it works," he said.
"The levels of salt and fat are anything but healthy but the basis of
the diet - which is low carbohydrate and high protein - is ideal for
losing weight."
Opponents of Atkins-style diets claim that, over the long term, they
can cause kidney damage, thin bones and constipation, raise
cholesterol levels and increase the risk of diabetes and an early
heart attack.
But some British doctors are already putting obese children on
Atkins-style diets.
Dr Dee Dawson, medical director at Rhodes Farm Clinic, a residential
home for treatment of children with eating disorders, says the diet is
good for children.
"The children who come here are not just overweight, they are ill, and
in danger of dying. Some of them can't breathe and some of them can't
lie down.
"I do think the basis of Atkins - low carbohydrate and high protein -
is a good diet for children and the priority is for these children to
get weight off."
But nutritionist Dr Toni Steer, of the Medical Research Council,
warned that there is not enough research into the long-term health
effects of being on the diet.
"We realise obesity is a major problem which we need to tackle as a
matter of urgency but I would be very concerned about advising
children to follow diets like Atkins."
Great example of good doctors learning the true basis of weight
management in spite of the nonsense propounded by industry shills.
Dr Toni Steer is a colleague of the flour queen Dr. Susan jebb:
http://www.fabflour.co.uk/News_weightloss.asp
"The Flour Advisory Bureau (FAB) and the Grain Information Service
(GIS) today launch a new review showing that overweight people who
adopt a range of proven health strategies can lose weight and cut the
risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Tackling the
Weight of the Nation, a peer-reviewed report produced by Dr Susan Jebb
and Dr Toni Steer of MRC Human Nutrition Research in Cambridge,
highlights that without urgent and effective action, 3 out of 10
adults in the UK will be obese by the end of the decade."
......
"Alex Waugh, Director General of the Grain Information Service said,
"This independent report pulls together the very extensive research in
relation to low-fat, high carbohydrate diets and shows conclusively
that an effective, realistic and achievable strategy for long-term
weight management with clear health benefits does exist."
Of course Dr Toni Steer suggests that we restrict fat and increase
carbs to lose weight.
But she admits that refined carbs are no good:
http://www.diet-i.com/low-carb-diets-nutrition.htm
quote *************
Unrefined Carbs Best
She recommends choosing foods that are as unrefined as possible, such
as whole oats, pasta, whole grain bread, and long grain rice, rather
than sweetened cereal or pastry. Foods such as yoghurt should ideally
be sweetened naturally with fruit rather than sugar.
And carbohydrates do not just provide energy. According to Dr Jebb's
colleague, nutritionist Dr Toni Steer, they also contain vital
nutrients.
"They have essential B vitamins like thiamine and folates. A lot of
these vitamins have a role in energy metabolism in the body.
************ endquote
Refined carbs do not contain these vitamins. They are removed in the
refining process.
Here she shows her true colors:
http://www.pharmj.com/pdf/_donotinde...0823_news3.pdf
Without any long term evidence to back up her claims ahe says that
low-carb is dangerous. So much for scientific integrity.
But we all know what they are up to:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...835015,00.html
Just another industry shill earning her keep by selling out on her
professional integrity.
TC