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Study links junk food with memory loss, but Utah nurse raises doubts
Parents might as well give their child a can of beer if they’re going to allow them to eat junk food — if some new scientific conclusions are to be believed. According to a study conducted at the University of Southern California, rats who were fed a diet full of fat and sugar during adolescence suffered long-term memory problems that persisted well into adulthood. The study warned parents they might want to consider candy bars just as bad as beer cans. “What we see not just in this paper, but in some of our other recent work, is that if these rats grew up on this junk food diet, ...
