No more Meat Pies at the footy?

[one-eyed]

A nutritionist wants the meat pie banned at the footy ...

Give meat pies the boot

SUELLEN HINDE, ELISSA DOHERTY
Adelaide Advertiser
March 04, 2007 12:15am

NUTRITIONISTS have called for the iconic Aussie pie to be banned from sale at AFL games.

Pies sold at AAMI Stadium, the MCG and Telstra Dome contain up to a whopping 35 grams of fat.
Fans consume about 6000 pies and pasties at each AFL game at AAMI Stadium, eclipsed only by hot chips as the most popular snack.

Nutritionists now say if Australia is serious about curbing the obesity epidemic, football fans should avoid the pie.

Prominent nutritionist Dr Rosemary Stanton wants signs at football canteens telling patrons the exact fat content of the chips, hamburgers and pies they are consuming, while another, Shane Bilsborough, wants the pie banned.

His call follows a move by top UK soccer clubs, including Glasgow Celtic and Arsenal, to ban pies at their venues.

Mr Bilsborough said sporting events should encourage people to eat healthier food options.

"But when you go to the football all that is on offer is pies, chips, soft drinks and pasties – it is all rubbish," he said.

"Seriously, they should be getting them off the menu and as a nutritionist I would love to see them removed.

"It's a culture that is leading to an epidemic of diabetes and heart disease. Football should be a healthy experience and parents should be setting healthy examples for their kids and not letting them form bad habits."

To burn off the fat in a pie you need to do about 30,000 walking steps or run about 6km.

"You would not see the footy players who are on strict diets and exercise regimes eating pies, so why are the supporters?" Mr Bilsborough said. Celebrity diet guru Dr John Tickell says it is at least time for the AFL to make sure healthier options are the same price as fast food.

"If the AFL was fair dinkum they would subsidise healthy food so that it is no more expensive than junk food," he said.

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21320220-2682,00.html

[mightytiges]

"You would not see the footy players who are on strict diets and exercise regimes eating pies, so why are the supporters?" Mr Bilsborough said.

Lance Whitnall  . He always cops pies jokes from the Tiger faithful,

How times have changed. They use to famously advertise pies on tv with Jack Dyer, Whitten and co.

[Jackstar]

A nutritionist wants the meat pie banned at the footy ...

Give meat pies the boot

SUELLEN HINDE, ELISSA DOHERTY
Adelaide Advertiser
March 04, 2007 12:15am

NUTRITIONISTS have called for the iconic Aussie pie to be banned from sale at AFL games.

Pies sold at AAMI Stadium, the MCG and Telstra Dome contain up to a whopping 35 grams of fat.
Fans consume about 6000 pies and pasties at each AFL game at AAMI Stadium, eclipsed only by hot chips as the most popular snack.

Nutritionists now say if Australia is serious about curbing the obesity epidemic, football fans should avoid the pie.

Prominent nutritionist Dr Rosemary Stanton wants signs at football canteens telling patrons the exact fat content of the chips, hamburgers and pies they are consuming, while another, Shane Bilsborough, wants the pie banned.

His call follows a move by top UK soccer clubs, including Glasgow Celtic and behindnal, to ban pies at their venues.

Mr Bilsborough said sporting events should encourage people to eat healthier food options.

"But when you go to the football all that is on offer is pies, chips, soft drinks and pasties – it is all rubbish," he said.

"Seriously, they should be getting them off the menu and as a nutritionist I would love to see them removed.

"It's a culture that is leading to an epidemic of diabetes and heart disease. Football should be a healthy experience and parents should be setting healthy examples for their kids and not letting them form bad habits."

To burn off the fat in a pie you need to do about 30,000 walking steps or run about 6km.

"You would not see the footy players who are on strict diets and exercise regimes eating pies, so why are the supporters?" Mr Bilsborough said. Celebrity diet guru Dr John Tickell says it is at least time for the AFL to make sure healthier options are the same price as fast food.

"If the AFL was fair dinkum they would subsidise healthy food so that it is no more expensive than junk food," he said.

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21320220-2682,00.html

IDIOT!

[WilliamPowell]

Fair dinkum what's next?  

Banning the beanie? Because some people suffer from hat hair

I tell you our halftime food feast at Player Club would not be the same if we didn't have party pies and sausage rolls. I mean when your teams getting beaten what else is there to do but gulp down pies and drinks? A great release

[Moi]

Discriminatory against skinny people who wanna get fat lol

[Jackstar]

Just eat more CRAP.
like SUPERDOGS, DONUTS. PIZZAS ETC

[Ox]

SUELLEN HINDE & ELISSA DOHERTY HAVE FAT KIDS.

[Stephanie]

Banning the beanie? Because some people suffer from hat hair

Lmao! 

I don't eat meat pies, but all this is getting pathetic

Yes Australia has a obesity crisis, but they aren't shoving the food in our mouths... we are... a little self control people... though it is kinda hard when you team is down by 100+ points 
There are other options other than meat pies... hot chips for example... a potato is a vegetable  ... yeah it's deep fried, but come on... fat is flavour

[mightytiges]

Fair dinkum what's next?   

Banning the beanie? Because some people suffer from hat hair

The RFC members cap would be first to be banned if that was the case  .

I tell you our halftime food feast at Player Club would not be the same if we didn't have party pies and sausage rolls. I mean when your teams getting beaten what else is there to do but gulp down pies and drinks? A great release

The pasta dish before hand isn't quite common footy food lol.

[WilliamPowell]

The pasta dish before hand isn't quite common footy food lol.

that's true but sometimes when it's served up and it is half cold it might as well be a pie

[Moi]

I tell you our halftime food feast at Player Club would not be the same if we didn't have party pies and sausage rolls. I mean when your teams getting beaten what else is there to do but gulp down pies and drinks? A great release

So that's where those party pies and sausage rolls have gone when I get there late lol

[julzqld]

What a joke.  Almost as bad as school tuckshops.