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Last week, the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) released transcripts from a presentation given by a Harvard-affiliated panel to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) on the dangers of on-screen smoking...
...HSPH deans and a Harvard-educated epidemiologist presented scientific research on the deleterious health effects of smoking and the strong behavioral influence of movies, following a request last February by MPAA Chair Daniel R. Glickman, who is also a former director of Harvard’s Institute of Politics...
Previous studies have established a connection between diets high in trans fat and CHD, but the HSPH study marked the first attempt by researchers to look specifically at the effects of elevated blood trans fat levels...
...increased level of trans fat in the blood inevitably leads to higher chances of coronary disease,” said Qi Sun, a lead author of the study and a graduate assistant at HSPH...
Frank M. Sacks, professor of cardiovascular disease prevention at HSPH, said he was not surprised by the results of the study. “We need to get trans fats out of the food supply as fast possible,” Saks said, adding that the findings justify recent movements nationwide to eliminate trans fats from the American diet...