Can health advice be trusted? An expert has sparked controversy by comparing cake in the office to passive smoking. Some support these claims. But others call her a meddling "fussbucket".
Cake is the new smoking, claims food chief
Can health advice be trusted? An expert has sparked controversy by comparing cake in the office to passive smoking. Some support these claims. But others call her a meddling "fussbucket".
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The office workers are counting down the minutes until lunchtime. They will all share a big cake.
This is the kind of thing that Professor Susan Jebb wants to stop. The food chief says that offering your co-workers cake is just as bad as smoking near them.
Not everyone thinks we should listen to health advice. It is known for changing often.
In the 1930s and 1940s, doctors said that smoking was a good way to help sore throats, even though we now know it causes many illnesses.
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Others point out that we know a lot more today than in the past. Modern health advice is much more likely to be helpful.
Can health advice be trusted?
Yes! Health advice is science - and sometimes, when we learn new things, we have to change our minds. The advice is right more often than it is wrong - and it has helped many people.
No! Advice is hardly ever perfect. Even if we choose to follow it, we should remember that it is not always right.
Cake is the new smoking, claims food chief
