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A 3 page paper which examines the link between high fructose corn syrup and obesity. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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many reasons, it would seem, why more people are becoming obese, and why even children are becoming obese in great numbers. One of the culprits is supposed to be high
fructose corn syrup. The following paper examines the link, if there is one, between high fructose corn syrup and obesity. High Fructose Corn Syrup and Obesity According to
one author, "High-fructose corn syrup isnt completely responsible for the nations 6 million overweight children - but Dr. George Bray says its a big part of the problem" (Poirot). According
to this article a persons environment, the perspective of nurture, is far more important in the rise of obesity, meaning that it is not genetics but rather culture, upbringing, and
also what one eats that leads to obesity (Poirot). As such the ingesting of high fructose corn syrup is part of the problem (Poirot).
According to this doctor the study of obesity, which began in the early 70s, indicates that 1970 was the year that high fructose corn syrup was introduced and since
then obesity has risen greatly in the nation (Poirot). "between 1970...and 2000 (when average yearly consumption of the ultra-sweet liquid sugar hit 73.5 pounds per person in this country), the
prevalence of obesity more than doubled, from 15 percent to almost one-third of the adult population" (Poirot). As it relates to children, teenagers, who consume a great deal of sport
drinks, soft drinks and other sweetened items that are sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, the rate of obesity has "increased from 4.2 percent in 1970 to 15.3 percent in
2000" (Poirot). Now many people may well argue that people just eat more sweetened things, more processed products, today than they did in the 1970s and that the amount of
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