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Weekly JAMA Feature for April 20
HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ADDED SUGARS IN US DIET CHANGE LIPID LEVELS, INCREASE HEART DISEASE RISK FACTORS
JAMA RADIO REPORT
Each week, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association produces a one-minute radio news package, and makes it available to stations free of charge at www.TheJAMAReport.org
Producers can download MP3 versions of the packages, and are free to edit the pieces and/or use the actualities as best suits their stations’ needs.
Each week, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association produces a one-minute radio news package, and makes it available to stations free of charge at www.TheJAMAReport.org
Producers can download MP3 versions of the packages, and are free to edit the pieces and/or use the actualities as best suits their stations’ needs.
This week’s package has an embargo: 4pm(ET) Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Radio script (TRT :56)
April 20, 2010
VO: MANY AMERICAN’S WAGE AN UP AND DOWN BATTLE WITH SUGAR, ESPECIALLY ADDED SUGARS AND CALORIC SWEETENERS FOUND IN PROCESSED FOODS AND BEVERAGES. A NEW STUDY SHOWS EATING HIGHER AMOUNTS OF THESE ADDED SUGARS CAN CHANGE BLOOD LIPID LEVELS AND IN TURN INCREASE HEART DISEASE RISK FACTORS.
“Just like eating a high fat diet can increase your levels of triglycerides and cholesterol, eating sugar can also affect those same lipids.”
VO: JEAN WELSH AND DR. MIRIAM VOS FROM EMORY UNIVERSITY AND CO-AUTHORS STUDIED U-S GOVERNMENT NUTRITIONAL DATA AND BLOOD LIPID LEVELS IN MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND ADULT MEN AND WOMEN FROM 1999 THROUGH 2006. THEY WERE DIVIDED INTO FIVE GROUPS ACCORDING TO THE AMOUNT OF ADDED SUGAR AND CALORIC SWEETENERS CONSUMED DAILY. THE STUDY APPEARS IN THIS WEEK’S JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
“Those who consumed more caloric sweeteners were more likely to have lipid levels that reflected a worsening of their cardiovascular disease risk.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.
Radio script (TRT :56)
April 20, 2010
VO: MANY AMERICAN’S WAGE AN UP AND DOWN BATTLE WITH SUGAR, ESPECIALLY ADDED SUGARS AND CALORIC SWEETENERS FOUND IN PROCESSED FOODS AND BEVERAGES. A NEW STUDY SHOWS EATING HIGHER AMOUNTS OF THESE ADDED SUGARS CAN CHANGE BLOOD LIPID LEVELS AND IN TURN INCREASE HEART DISEASE RISK FACTORS.
“Just like eating a high fat diet can increase your levels of triglycerides and cholesterol, eating sugar can also affect those same lipids.”
VO: JEAN WELSH AND DR. MIRIAM VOS FROM EMORY UNIVERSITY AND CO-AUTHORS STUDIED U-S GOVERNMENT NUTRITIONAL DATA AND BLOOD LIPID LEVELS IN MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND ADULT MEN AND WOMEN FROM 1999 THROUGH 2006. THEY WERE DIVIDED INTO FIVE GROUPS ACCORDING TO THE AMOUNT OF ADDED SUGAR AND CALORIC SWEETENERS CONSUMED DAILY. THE STUDY APPEARS IN THIS WEEK’S JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
“Those who consumed more caloric sweeteners were more likely to have lipid levels that reflected a worsening of their cardiovascular disease risk.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.