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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Further by rhplus on Thursday November 29, 2018 @10:32AM (#18560897)
shameless advertising on products where products that contain obscene amounts of corn syrup are advertised as "fat free"

Ah, yes. In the US, Twizzlers are a "Low fat snack": https://www.hersheys.com/twizzlers/en_us/products/twizzlers-...

In Canada, just candy: https://www.hersheys.com/twizzlers/en_ca/products/twizzlers-...

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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Further by newnewpdro on Friday November 30, 2018 @11:08PM (#18575086)
In my teens (90s) I knew an overweight girl who would eat hersheys chocolate syrup straight from the bottle as a "dieting" snack. Her understanding was that it was fat-free, hence non-fattening.

It's sad how much this misunderstanding of fat being fattening has permeated the US population to this day. All the false/misleading information in product advertising has definitely played a significant role, it should be made illegal and enforced with stiff fines.

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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Further by briandear on Thursday November 29, 2018 @12:10PM (#18561758)
Twizzlers are a low fat snack. That is 100% true.
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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Further by arbitrary_name on Thursday November 29, 2018 @07:33PM (#18565579)
It's also 100% misleading. I know people on HN love to be technically correct, but come on buddy...
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