The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Obesity Initiative was launched at a parliamentary reception.  At this reception I was able to confirm with several members of the Steering Group that the submissions of evidence (Appendix B in their report) clearly identified Dietary Sugar as a major contributor to this epidemic of Obesity which has steadily increased since around 1980. 

This was the time when we were ill-advised to eat less fat and eat more sugar generating carbohydrate foods (McGovern & COMA). Ironically it was also the time when the food industry gave us low fat options by replacing healthy fats with cheap unhealthy sugars. A 35 year obesity epidemic has ensued.

Dietary Fat and cholesterol was never a cause of obesity or heart disease. It was always the dietary Sugar particularly Fructose that did the damage.

There were many notable contributors and I commend the following evidence submission (click on names for links)

Barry Groves

Bjorn Hammarskjold

Stephanie Seneff

Zoe Harcombe

Robert Suchet

Obesity is generated by Sugar