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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-10 06:32 PM
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Is "corn sugar" (sic) popular everywhere?


The breadth of the global uptrend is sort of surprising.

more;
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/09/obesity-in-international-context/
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-10 06:35 PM
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1. Americans are fatter because our food supply is controlled by multinational corporations.
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Dreamer Tatum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-10 06:36 PM
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4. No, it's not. It's controlled by your knife and fork. nt
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-10 06:37 PM
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6. Four main reasons for fatter Americans - breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks. nt
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-10 06:36 PM
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3. Increased levels of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and certain forms of cancer...
Edited on Mon Sep-27-10 06:37 PM by MrScorpio
America's gift to the World.
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nosmokes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-10 06:37 PM
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5. I don't think it's 'popular' anywhere but it's forced upon consumers most
everywhere thanks to industrial/chemical agribusiness.
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ingac70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-10 06:50 PM
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7. There is a difference....
between corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup.
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