How the sugar industry shifted the blame to fat

by Anahad O'Connor

Sugar tries to hide behind fat. Photo: ©©  Lane Vanderslice/Hunger Notes

The sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to play down the link between sugar and heart disease and promote saturated fat as the culprit instead, newly released historical documents show.

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