Soybean oil encompasses 57% of all cooking oils used in the United States, and 30% globally. More than 50% of soybean oil is made of an omega-6 fatty acid called linoleic acid. Past studies show that ...

Scientists at University of California, Riverside found that soybean oil contributes to obesity in a study involving mice. The oil creates specific fat-derived molecules—oxylipins—that alter liver ...

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Soybean oil, the most widely consumed cooking oil in the United States and a staple of processed foods, contributes to obesity, at least in mice, through a mechanism scientists are now beginning to ...