Susan E. Swithers and Terry L. Davidson, Purdue University (IMAGE)

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Susan E. Swithers and Terry L. Davidson, Purdue University

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Susan E. Swithers and Terry L. Davidson, professors of psychological sciences, found that fat substitutes used in popular snack foods to help people control weight may have the opposite effect. Their research findings, published in Behavioral Neuroscience, were based on rats that consumed potato chips with and without the fat substitutes. The rats that consumed the fat substitute were more likely to gain weight. The researchers are part of Purdue's Ingestive Behavior Research Center.

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