Added sugar in foods and beverages are a leading cause of obesity. None of this sugar is needed nutritionally - there is plenty of sugar in natural products (such as fruits).
MEDICAL JOURNAL ARTICLES ON SUGAR AND DIABETES
Childhood obesity at a record high as MAHA presses for changes to the diets of children. The Trump administration is also approving requests from 18 states to take junk food and sodas off of food assistance programs.
- The Hill, 08 March 2026
Childhood obesity, sugar, and Early Childhood Caries: the sweet trap
- European J. Paediatric Dentistry, 1 December 2024
Added sugar intake is associated with weight gain and risk of developing obesity over 30 years: The CARDIA study
- Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Disease, Feb 2024
Sugar-sweetened beverages and metabolic risk in children and adolescents with obesity: a narrative review
- Nutrients, 30 Jan 2023
The role of sugar-sweetened beverages in the global epidemics of obesity and chronic diseases
- Nature Reviews in Endocrinology, April 2022
Sugar causes obesity and metabolic syndrome in mice independently of sweet taste
- Am J. Physiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, August 2020
Sugar and artificially sweetened beverages and risk of obesity, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and all-cause mortality: a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
- European Journal of Epidemiology, July 2020
High-sugar diet leads to obesity and metabolic diseases in ad libitum-fed rats irrespective of caloric intake
- Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Feb 2020
The millennial physician and the obesity epidemic: a tale of sugar-sweetened beverages
- Clinical J. American Society of Nephrology, Jan 2019
The importance of the World Health Organization sugar guidelines for dental health and obesity prevention
- Caries Research, 2019
Consumption of sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened soft drinks and risk of obesity-related cancers
- Public Health & Nutrition, June 2018
Sugar-sweetened beverage, obesity, and Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents: policies, taxation, and programs
- Current Diabetes Report, 18 April 2018
The effect of sugar and processed food imports on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 172 countries
- Global Health, 14 April 2018
Tackling obesity and disease: the culprit is sugar; the response is legal regulation
- Hastings Center Report, Jan 2018
Sugar-sweetened beverages consumption positively associated with the risks of obesity and hypertriglyceridemia among children aged 7-18 years in south China
- J. Atheroscler Thrombosis, Jan 2018
Sugar, uric acid, and the etiology of diabetes and obesity
- Diabetes, October 2013
Resolved: there is sufficient scientific evidence that decreasing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption will reduce the prevalence of obesity and obesity-related diseases
- Obesity Research, August 2013
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