{"id":4785,"date":"2017-10-06T14:12:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T13:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ifnh.oberginetest.co.uk\/?p=4785"},"modified":"2017-10-20T14:25:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T13:25:08","slug":"know-fat-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/ifnh\/2017\/10\/06\/know-fat-food\/","title":{"rendered":"What do we know about the fat in our food?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4787 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/ifnh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/10\/stream_img-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/ifnh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/10\/stream_img-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/ifnh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/10\/stream_img.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The shocking fact that 1 in 4 adults in the UK are obese is quite something. This figure has trebled in the last 30 years and is expected to increase to an astounding 1 in 2 by 2050. Do we, as a nation, know what we\u2019re eating when it comes to fat?<\/p>\n<p>This was the question posed by ITV\u2019s Tonight programme which asked us to consider what we know about fat and to question the widely held belief that fat is a key opponent in our struggle against weight gain and the health risks that come with this. Professor Ian Givens kicked off the show by challenging the belief that dairy consumption makes you fat, as the evidence from innovative research undertaken by the University of Reading suggests that this is not in fact the case and that in some cases diary consumption can actually enhance weight loss.<\/p>\n<p>Read more :<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/the-forum\/2017\/09\/18\/what-do-we-know-about-the-fat-in-our-food\/\">https:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/the-forum\/2017\/09\/18\/what-do-we-know-about-the-fat-in-our-food\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shocking fact that 1 in 4 adults in the UK are obese is quite something. This figure has trebled in the last 30 years and is expected to increase&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#105;&#102;&#110;&#104;&#47;&#50;&#48;&#49;&#55;&#47;&#49;&#48;&#47;&#48;&#54;&#47;&#107;&#110;&#111;&#119;&#45;&#102;&#97;&#116;&#45;&#102;&#111;&#111;&#100;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editors-choice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What do we know about the fat in our food? - Institute for Food Nutrition &amp; Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/ifnh\/2017\/10\/06\/know-fat-food\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What do we know about the fat in our food? - Institute for Food Nutrition &amp; Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The shocking fact that 1 in 4 adults in the UK are obese is quite something. 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