US FDA/CFSAN - Fats and Carbs - A Snapshot of Consumer Knowledge from a Recent FDA Survey    August 2005
US FDA/CFSAN

Fats and Carbs - A Snapshot of Consumer Knowledge from a Recent FDA Survey

August 2005

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Many of them, however, cannot tell the
links between these fats and heart disease

Among the consumers who have heard of polyunsaturated fatty acid:
21% say the fat raises the risk of heart disease, 15% say it lowers the risk, 7% say it has no effect on the risk, and 57% say they don't know.

Among the consumers who have heard of monounsaturated fatty acid:
16% say the fat raises the risk of heart disease, 16% say it lowers the risk, 9% say it has no effect on the risk, and 59% say they don't know.

Among the consumers who have heard of hydrogenated oil:
39 say the fat raises the risk of heart disease, 6% say it lowers the risk, 5% say it has no effect on the risk, and 50% say they don't know.

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