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Letter: Snacking may still be appropriate for some

Published 2 November 2022

From Grace Withers, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, UK

I appreciate the evidence behind doing so, but isn’t the labelling of snacking as “dangerous” something of a generalisation? For people with certain illnesses, regular, filling snacks can be easier to digest than eating larger meals and can even improve health(Leader, 8 October). I understand that the majority of the population has been focused on, but maybe the benefits of snacking should be discussed, too?

Issue no. 3411 published 5 November 2022

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