[fattylite]

I understand that. My point was that I've never seen a plan where people tell you to eat as much as you want as long as you do x hours of activity per day. The only plans I've seen like that are for strong men competitors or where the Rock ate like $300 worth of food every day and worked out for six hours daily.

[pjlegato]

That is exactly the nutrition advice that has been promoted in various government and school health programs for decades: eat what you like, just do X amount of exercise and you'll be fine. Calories in, calories out.

The article goes into some detail about this, mentioning that a great deal of that research was funded by companies that make sugary drinks and other high-calorie food.

[dpark]

That is not the advice that's been given by health programs. Everyone has said "diet and exercise" for decades.

[fattylite]

Everything I've ever seen has had more emphasis on the calories in portion. It feels like they're searching for a boogeyman that isn't there.

http://health.gov/paguidelines/guidelines/chapter2.aspx