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From Washington Post:

The ubiquitous nutrition label on food packages is about to get its first overhaul in 20 years, a change that is likely to have a dramatic effect on what people choose to eat and drink and what products sell on supermarket shelves.

Obama administration officials say the update, scheduled to be formally unveiled Thursday at a White House event, is necessary to keep pace with the science of nutrition and to reduce confusion about what qualifies as healthy food.

BY KAREN E. ASPRY AND CHARLES B. EATON

The new Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines released by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association last November generated wide discussion. What was not debated is the high prevalence of atherosclerosis-related death and disability in the U.S.

• In >95% of patients, high triglycerides reflect the burden of the effects of more than 30 genes involved in triglyceride pathways
• Published in Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology,¹ Free to download from 31 January – 28 February 2014 at http://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(13)70191-8/fulltext