Actually, all this proves is that some people on HN are idiots who can't be bothered to read the actual study. Remove the last two words of your title and your

Actually, all this proves is that some people on HN are idiots who can't be bothered to read the actual study. Remove the last two words of your title and your post would be technically correct (i.e the same title as the news article). Male rats fed HFCS did have more weight gain than rats fed only chow. However there was no difference between rats fed HFCS and rats fed sucrose over the long-term. Please actually read the study and look at Table 1.