Tag Archives: chronic disease; diet

Prior research showed urban areas had a higher proportion of processed food waste, and crows in urban areas had higher cholesterol levels than rural crows. In rural New York, in a “cheeseburger experiment”, cheeseburgers were left near nests of crows. The burger-fed crows had higher cholesterol levels than nearby rural crows, and cholesterol levels similar to crows living in cities.  Foxes, sparrows and sea turtles living near densely populated areas were also found to have higher levels of cholesterol, than…..

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