Obesity: potatoes, pasta, and rice are not the problem

McNally raises the importance of dietary risk factors on health outcomes, including obesity.1 Unhealthy diets are the leading risk factor for chronic ill health, and I agree that this needs to be tackled at a community and policy level, with healthy food accessible to all.2

I disagree, however, with the implication that carbohydrates are the problem. Not all carbohydrate-rich foods are created equal. Refined sugars, grains, and carbohydrate rich ultra-processed …