Caffeine may offset some health risks of diets high in fat, sugar

Co-authors of the study included, from left, nutritional sciences professor Manabu T. Nakamura; Elvira Gonzalez de Mejia, director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences; and animal sciences professor Jan E. Novakofski.

Co-authors of the sManabu T. Nakamura, Elvira Gonzalez de Mejia, and Jan E. Novakofski.

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December 19, 2019

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