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Editorial
. 2016 Apr 12:353:i1512.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.i1512.

Dietary fats: a new look at old data challenges established wisdom

J Lennert Veerman  1
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Editorial

Dietary fats: a new look at old data challenges established wisdom

J Lennert Veerman. BMJ. .

Abstract

Replacing saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat might not prolong life

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: I have read and understood the BMJ Group policy on declaration of interests and declare the following interests: I receive joint funding from Pfizer and the National Health and Medical Research Council for an ongoing research project; I am also supported by funding from the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Obesity Policy and Food Systems (APP1041020).

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