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New research published online<\/a> <\/strong>January by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, [Epublication ahead of the print] shows the recession isn’t the reason for the leveling of obesity rates in the United States. The research was featured by UNC:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found U.S. consumers changed their eating and food purchasing habits significantly beginning in\u00a0 2003, when the economy was robust, and continued these habits to the present,\u201d said Shu-wen Ng, PhD, research assistant professor of nutrition at UNC\u2019s Gillings School of Global Public Health and the study\u2019s first author.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese changes in food habits persisted independent of economic conditions linked with the Great Recession or food prices,\u201d Ng said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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