Oliver Conway

But actually, the reality is there's far too much food all over the place.

Food companies, drinks companies are making huge amounts of profit.

Perhaps they need to make slightly less profit to make healthier versions, both by portion or by composition.

And that's the direction of travel we need to go in if we're going to seriously tackle the obesity pandemic.

I mean, I'm not saying that's the only solutions.

Clearly, the sugar tax is helping, but certainly portion sizes.

You know, when I was sitting with my wife and she got a huge portion of breakfast cereal porridge, actually, and she felt guilty not being able to eat even half of it and over-consumed.

so that the plate didn't look as full, so she wasn't wasting food.

So there's multiple issues with high food portion sizes and actually having a variety will definitely help many people.

I think that would be a great additional attribute within various restaurants and even many supermarkets.

They have a vast range of ready-to-eat options and they're usually single portion sizes and that needs to change as well.

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