Omega-6 fats may make girls lazy, up diabetes risk

The Times of India featured a UBC study that found eating a large amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, or PUFAs, can lead to a sedentary lifestyle.

Sanjoy Ghosh, a biology professor at UBC’s Okanagan campus, said the study presents “new evidence that dietary PUFA is strongly associated with sedentary behaviour among pre-teen girls and weakly associated with diabetes among adult women.“

A similar story appeared in Nature World News.