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Sugar! What's not to like? But what if you were told sugar is the big contributor a worldwide explosion in obesity, diabetes, and something called 'metabolic syndrome'? What if you discovered sugar is addictive? And what if you discovered that the sweet stuff is added to way more food products than you ever imagined? Statistics NZ revealed that over 1 million New Zealand adults are now officially obese. As a nation we are facing a tsunami of type 2 diabetes cases and heart disease. A few decades ago 1 in 14 adult New Zealanders was obese; now the figure is 1 in 3. Why the sudden increase? We used to think a high fat diet was to blame.... So who's the real bad guy? Nigel embarks on a journey to discover if sugar could be the real culprit in this crisis. (official distributor synopsis)
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