Public health: The toxic truth about sugar

Nature. 2012 Feb 1;482(7383):27-9. doi: 10.1038/482027a.

Authors

Robert H Lustig¹, Laura A Schmidt, Claire D Brindis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA. rlustig@peds.ucsf.edu

PMID: 22297952
DOI: 10.1038/482027a

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Diabetes Mellitus / chemically induced
Diabetes Mellitus / etiology
Diet / adverse effects*
Diet / standards
Dietary Carbohydrates / adverse effects*
Fructose / adverse effects
Global Health / statistics & numerical data
Heart Diseases / chemically induced
Heart Diseases / etiology
Humans
Metabolic Syndrome / chemically induced
Metabolic Syndrome / economics
Metabolic Syndrome / etiology
Neoplasms / chemically induced
Neoplasms / etiology
Public Health / legislation & jurisprudence
Public Health / methods*
Public Health / standards
Public Health / statistics & numerical data
Sucrose / adverse effects
Sweetening Agents / adverse effects*

Substances

Dietary Carbohydrates
Sweetening Agents
Fructose
Sucrose