Research Roundup

Research Roundup: February 2010
Fast food linked with metabolic conditions. Using data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study, a cohort of African-American and Caucasian young adults aged 25-42 years, researchers discovered that those eating the highest amount of fast food weighed more, had larger waists and higher triglyceride levels, and showed many of the other signs of metabolic syndrome.

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