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Study: Western Diet Bad for Human Health, Environment

The globalization of Western eating habits is bad for human health and for the environment, according to a new study in the journal Nature. In the study, David Tilman, a University of Minnesota ecology professor, analyzed data from 100 countries to chart what people ate and how diet affected health. He noted a trend beginning in the 1960s: As nations industrialized, population increased and incomes rose. More people began to adopt the so-called Western diet, one high in refined sugar,...


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