Comment by manoweb
1 year ago
What is wrong with dessert? Last night I cut strawberries with my kids and placed them over some banana ice-cream I made in the morning. Not everybody needs to avoid sugars, especially if the diet is balanced and varied.
In the US, two thirds of adults are overweight or obese by BMI, and this is roughly the case across most of the developed world. That proportion is likely even higher by body fat percentage, since BMI tends to incorrectly label unhealthy body compositions as healthy. 11% of the population are diabetic and 38% are prediabetic.
I like dessert, have a normal BMI, and don't have diabetes. That being said, desserts like stewed fruit and yoghurt are not representative of what the average person is eating, and any unnecessary food is going to make problems with excess weight worse.