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1980s Health Guidelines On Saturated Fats

EDM number 809 in 2014-15, proposed by Keith Vaz on 23/02/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Food, Health education and preventive medicine and Obesity.

That this House notes that recent evidence published in the journal, Open Heart, has determined that dietary guidelines given 30 years ago to avoid fatty foods were based on shaky evidence; believes that this has led to a focus on foods high in fat content; is concerned that this focus has overshadowed the impact of food high in sugar and carbohydrates, which have contributed heavily to the obesity crisis; and further notes that high-fat products and other risky food content should only be consumed as part of a balanced diet.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Keith Vaz23/02/2015Leicester EastLabourProposed
David Simpson24/02/2015Upper BannDUPSeconded
Diane Abbott24/02/2015Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSeconded
Paul Flynn24/02/2015Newport WestLabourSeconded
Jim Shannon24/02/2015StrangfordDUPSeconded
Alan Meale25/02/2015MansfieldLabourSeconded
Ronnie Campbell25/02/2015Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock25/02/2015Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn25/02/2015Islington NorthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins26/02/2015Luton NorthLabourSigned
John Leech26/02/2015Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Rotheram27/02/2015Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
David Wright02/03/2015TelfordLabourSigned
Kevin Barron03/03/2015Rother ValleyLabourSigned
Caroline Lucas03/03/2015Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Margaret Ritchie03/03/2015South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Mark Hunter03/03/2015CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell03/03/2015Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne04/03/2015Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma04/03/2015Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
William McCrea04/03/2015South AntrimDUPSigned
Lady Hermon04/03/2015North DownIndependentSigned
Martin Caton04/03/2015GowerLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff04/03/2015Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd05/03/2015Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
George Galloway06/03/2015Bradford WestRespectSigned

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