Introduction to High Fructose Corn Syrup and Obesity

This research paper, titled "High Fructose Corn Syrup and Obesity" was our last major writing assignment. I chose this for several reasons, first of all I enjoyed the freedom we had in choosing our topic. We also had more time which allowed me to do a fair amount of research and several revisions. There was a lot of good articles that both supported my opinion and provided an opposing view. We are more conscious of our diets today then we have ever been, but we are also exposed to more artificial processed foods than ever. This has had an enormous impact on our health and we're hitting record highs for obesity. The biggest improvement I made was in the research process, I was able to find some good evidence to support my theory. "According to various sources high fructose corn syrup has been used in America since the 1970’s which has a direct correlation with obesity issues in the US" (Keller 2). I've been reading ingredient labels for a long time and high fructose corn syrup is used frequently and this was my motivation for writing this piece.