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Published in: Current Nutrition Reports 4/2014

01-12-2014 | Invited Commentary

Sugar: What Are the Current Facts and Where to Now?

Author: Gina L. Ambrosini

Published in: Current Nutrition Reports | Issue 4/2014

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Abstract

Dietary sugar has, for a long time, been pointed to as a cause of ill health, but not without controversy. Attention on sugar has heightened recently, partly in response to revisions of dietary guidelines on added sugar intake. There is now a substantial body of credible evidence that high added sugar intakes are detrimental for body weight and cardiometabolic health. Recommendations aiming to further reduce added sugar intakes are justified, however a range of public health action is needed to enable consumers to achieve this.
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Metadata
Title
Sugar: What Are the Current Facts and Where to Now?
Author
Gina L. Ambrosini
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Nutrition Reports / Issue 4/2014
Electronic ISSN: 2161-3311
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-014-0097-z

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