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Scientists find a hidden obesity trigger in soybean oil

Researchers at UC Riverside have uncovered why soybean oil, one of America’s most widely consumed ingredients, drives significant weight gain—at least in mice. The findings point not to the oil itself but to the fat-derived molecules it produces inside the…