Fructose Suspected As Latest Fat Factor ; Food Industry Doubts Study
The Washington Times › March 26, 2004
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Move over greasy cheeseburgers and fries. Researchers now say the widespread use of the liquid corn sweetener, fructose, in soft drinks, baked goods and juice drinks might be a big factor in the swift rise in obesity in the United States.
"The increased use of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in the United States [since the mid-1980s] mirrors the rapid increase in obesity," George A. Bray, an obesity scientist at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., and other authors of the fructose study said in an article to be published in the April issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.See the full content of this document
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Fructose Suspected As Latest Fat Factor ; Food Industry Doubts Study
"There is a distinct likelihood that the increased consumption of HFCS in beverages may be linked to the increase in obesity," the researchers say.
The study points out that HFCS is used to sweeten all nondietary U.S. soft drinks and mos...See the full content of this document
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