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Africa: A High-Fat Diet Can Affect Your Brain Too
IPS, 8 October 2019
Two decades into the 21st century, all too many people still associate being 'overweight' with prosperity, health and wellbeing, mainly because being thin has long been associated… Read more »
A High Fat Diet Causes Obesity But Can Affect Your Brain Too
The presence of large numbers of fat cells changes micro-biomes inside the body, causing the body to respond negatively. Worryingly, obesity has been closely linked to various chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other metabolic disorders, writes Wan Manan Muda and Jomo Kwame Sundaram of Inter Press Service.
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