>>Speaking of fat - we were taught that pork fat is bad for you because it contains saturated fats (but wikipedia article doesn't even list pork fat)... and yet margarine was advertised as healthier while it's mostly produced by hydrogenization of vegetable oils - which creates saturated (and some trans) fats. Go figure.
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>The same goes for pork; I don't eat pork at all.

I don't eat margarine :).

>And I think in general we agree that fat in itself is not a problem. It is quantity of food that harms kids and adults.
>But the bottom line of what I wanted to say (and hopefully some agree) is I don't want the government to control what I or my kids should or should not eat (as long as it is legal).

I don't want anyone to control what I eat - be it the UN, the NGOs, the governments, the corporations or the priests. Some governmental body should keep it free from known poisons by spot checking (not by burdening every manufacturer with full blown 11 room facility for testing this and that), and that's it. The rest of the regulation is up to me and my senses.