Why are Americans getting fatter? A food love story in six graphs. (P.S. It’s not the carbs or the sugar.)

Posted by Kevin | Apr 28, 2020 | Articles

Reposted from Twitter, December 3, 2017.

For those wondering what the source of the fat calories were, I’ve created two more graphs telling that story. Answer: vast majority of added fat calories in the American diet 1970-2010 come from soybean oil.

Reposted from Twitter December 6, 2017.

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