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The pastry paradox: why are the Danes slimmer than Britons?

By Vassiliki Sinopoulou, Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis and Systematic Reviews, University of Lancashire

Denmark eats more sugar than Britain and invented the Danish pastry, yet far fewer Danes are obese. What are they doing differently?

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