Chewing the fat over food fears
In the first of a new series, TV Dinners, Rob Lyons discusses why we shouldn’t swallow myths about our eating habits.

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Citizen TV channel WORLDbytes has launched a new series of discussion shows, TV Dinners, where invited experts get their teeth into the big issues of the day – and a three-course meal – with a group of WORLDbytes volunteers.
In the first of the series, spiked‘s deputy editor Rob Lyons, author of Panic on a Plate: How Society Developed an Eating Disorder, discusses food fears, nannying government policies and crusading celebrity chefs.
To find out more about WORLDbytes and to enjoy the channel’s extensive archive, visit the website here.
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