In charge of the study of 10,000 XIN Brian explained that the low-fat foods, fat is usually replaced by sugar. Many people mistakenly believed that low-fat food than ordinary food calories less about 40% But in fact the former than the latter only 11% less on average.
Not only low-fat foods contain no calories imagined so low, but also misleading. In the study, the researchers surveyed for the option labeled "low in fat" labeling chocolate or ordinary chocolate, Results people tend to be more willing to use low-fat chocolate. In this psychological drives, people eating low-fat chocolate, the amount is far more than an ordinary chocolate consumption amount, Instead, they learn from the 28 to 45% of calories.
The study results showed that eating low-fat food alone could not solve the obesity problem. 10,000 XIN therefore recommends that the weight loss must be done step by step, not eating low-fat food. The study was published in the latest report of a "market research journals."
"People's Daily" (2006-12-19 No. 07 version)
