Word: fattier
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...problem is a maddening mosaic involving many other factors as well. New evidence suggests that part of the reason blacks suffer more from high blood pressure, for example, may lie in genetics. Many analysts have also cited lack of preventive care and cultural differences -- such as a fattier diet and a higher rate of smoking among blacks. None of these factors, however, can be completely separated from the others...
...Department. Written into its charter is a conflict of interest wider than a side of beef. Unlike its sister regulatory agencies, the USDA is obliged to promote as well as police agricultural products. Nutritionists are quick to point out that the department is responsible for regulating most of the fattier -- unhealthier -- elements of the diet. But its mandate to promote the consumption of beef, pork, dairy products and eggs gets in the way of its concerns for American health. "There's no David Kessler heading the USDA, and there never will be," says Bonnie Liebman, chief nutritionist at the Center...