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Getting the Skinny on Fat Which fats are good, which are bad, and which are somewhere in between? Guests sort out one fat from another and discuss the latest nutrition research.

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Getting the Skinny on Fat

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Getting the Skinny on Fat

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Which fats are good, which are bad, and which are somewhere in between? Guests sort out one fat from another and discuss the latest nutrition research.

Guests:

Dr. Dariush Mozzaffarian, cardiologist, Harvard School of Public Health

Sheila Cohn Weiss, director of nutrition Policy, National Restaurant Association

Gail A. Brewer, council member, District 6 (Upper West Side and Clinton), New York City Council

Susan Allport, author of The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3's Were Removed From the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them