Consumer advocate: Tropical oils are high in saturated fats, which increase the risk of heart disease  Fortunately, in most prepared food tropical oils can be replaced by healthier alternatives without noticeably affecting taste  Ttherefore, intensive publicity about the disadvantage of tropical oils will be likely to result in dietary changes that will diminish many people' s risk of developing heart disease  Nutritionist: The major sources of saturated fat in the average North American diet are meat, poultry, and dairy products, not tropical oils
Thus, focusing attention on the health hazards of tropical oils would be counterproductive, because it would encourage people to believe that more substantial dietary changes are unnecessary
whether intensive publicity campaigns can be effective as a means of changing people's eating habits