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A study released yesterday by Harvard School of Public Health claims that people following a “western” diet — red meat, fatty dairy products, refined grains… fast food, basically — were “heavier, less physically active, more likely to smoke cigarettes and had a substantially increased risk for type 2 diabetes. “

Here’s the press release: Study Links Western Dietary Pattern with a Greater Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Men. And here’s the abstract from the Annals of Internal Medicine, a copy of which I think I sat on during my last visit to Dr. Jellyfinger: Dietary Patterns and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in U.S. Men

My only question: why is this news? Even people who eat that crap know it isn’t good for them. Just for fun, let’s review the symptoms of diabetes: heart disease, kidney failure, and blindness. Do you still want to supersize those fries?

If you have not already, please read Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation. It is stunning, and relevant.