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Published online 12 June 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060612-1
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The fatter fat
Fast-food ingredient may pump up your paunch.
Eating some fats could make you fatter than others, even if their calorie count is the same.
That's the finding from researchers who fed trans-fatty acids, commonly found in fast food, to monkeys.
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