There’s something about the heady combination of good weather and the smell of smoking barbecue coals that makes people go mad for meat . Sausages, topped with a dollop of ketchup, suddenly become irresistible.

Really, a barbecue has all the potential to be a healthy occasion. Grilling is much better than frying because you don’t need to add oil and fat contained in meat drips out onto the coals. A swathe of sides provides the opportunity to consume a diverse range of vegetables and grains.

But instead, we get caught out by the pit-fall that comes when there’s an abundance of food – overindulgence. “Barbecues typically offer a variety of foods, often in large quantities [which can] encourage overeating,” says Nichola Ludlam-Raine, a specialist registered dietitian and the author of Ho

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