Is High-Fructose Corn Syrup A Killer?
It seems like you can’t pick up a newspaper these days without reading about the “obesity epidemic.” The rates of obesity are skyrocketing, and with this increase comes an increased risk of obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease and type II diabetes. The statistics are startling. Nearly one third of all American adults are now classified as obese. According to data from the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 31 percent of adults 20 years of age and over have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater, compared with 23 percent in data gathered by the National Center for Health Statistics in 1994. The percent of children and teenagers who are overweight also continues to grow. Nearly 15 percent of Americans ages 6-19 are overweight, roughly triple what the number was in 1980. Why are more and more Americans weighing more and more? According to a recent commentary published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, one contributing factor may be a dram
