I would rather have 641mm people obese, and solve that problem, than the alternative (641mm starving people, and try to get them food).<p>The major concern, of course, is that &quot;scientists&quot; on this topic keep changing the advice they give to people, so by the time people finally absorb, and start practicing what they were told to do - the next set of guidance comes out, that is, in some cases, <i>precisely</i> the opposite of what they were told previous.<p>Here in Singapore, just today, the front page of the newspaper said, &quot;White Rice causing Diabetes, 1 plate of rice = 2 cans of sugary soda.&quot; - while on the inside of the paper, there were talks about increasing taxes on soda, but nothing on white rice....<p>Hopefully, we&#x27;ll eventually get some evidence&#x2F;science based information, guidance, and policy, but I&#x27;m not optimistic.