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A new Otago University study has found that sugar is not responsible for obesity or weight gain.
The research, headed by Dr Winsome Parnell, finds that adults and children who consumed high quantities of sugar are less likely to be overweight than those who consume small quantities of sugar.
Dr Parnell says high fat diets rather than sugar makes people obese, as fat is more energy-dense than sugar.
She says it is an important study because it is the only one of its kind using all New Zealand data.
- NEWSTALK ZB
