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'NYT' Readers Love Their Fatty Foods

Jesse · 02/08/06 10:23AM

Americans — even New Yorkers — are nothing if not gluttonous sorts. And so it's not surprising that articles telling us maybe it's OK to do things — drink red wine during pregnancy, smoke cigarettes — that we've long been told we're not supposed to do. So it's entirely unsurprising that today's "Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds" would shoot to the top of the list.