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Saturated Fat in Cardiovascular Disease and Obesity: Friend or Foe?

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As health professionals and policy makers debate what are the most effective means to combat the global obesity epidemic, one important question one must ask is whether we have been following the wrong dietary advice over the past three decades. This chapter presents a summary of evidence arguing the relationship between saturated fat consumption, cardiovascular disease, and obesity.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Royal Free University Hospital, Pond Street, Hampstead, London, NW3 2QG, UK

    Aseem Malhotra MBCHR, MRCP (UK)

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  1. Watton Place Clinic, Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    David W. Haslam

  2. Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Arya M. Sharma

  3. Department of Pathology, Diabetes Complications Research Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Carel W. le Roux

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Malhotra, A. (2014). Saturated Fat in Cardiovascular Disease and Obesity: Friend or Foe?. In: Haslam, D., Sharma, A., le Roux, C. (eds) Controversies in Obesity. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2834-2_11

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