Sadly? The obesity strategy was published in 1997. Followed up by 2003 dietary guidelines that specified ‘amounts’ of discretionary foods inc 1-3 serves of ‘extra’ for 12-18yr old where 1 serve = 1 can of drink, 2 scoops of ice cream. Guidelines lasted 10yrs
The potatoes issue is, of course, one amongst many. It's hard to compare the data gathered between countries using national surveys because the methodology and context differ
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Another example that was identified by the OECD in their report is that Australia asks "quantity-based questions" - i.e. "how many serves?" - which are known to overestimate quantities eaten because people often do not know what a serve constitutes
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Yes - for NZ & Korea too, not to mention the 24-hour dietary recall of survey's they are based on - small sample size, people forget, underestimate/overestimate, don't always tell the truth etc. Known to be unreliable.
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