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Sugars, obesity, and cardiovascular disease: results from recent randomized control trials

Overview of attention for article published in European Journal of Nutrition, July 2016
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Title
Sugars, obesity, and cardiovascular disease: results from recent randomized control trials
Published in
European Journal of Nutrition, July 2016
DOI 10.1007/s00394-016-1257-2
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James M. Rippe, Theodore J. Angelopoulos

Abstract

The relationship between sugar consumption and various health-related sequelas is controversial. Some investigators have argued that excessive sugar consumption is associated with increased risk of obesity, coronary heart disease, diabetes (T2D), metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and stimulation of reward pathways in the brain potentially causing excessive caloric consumption. These concerns have influenced organizations such as the World Health Organization, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition in England not to exceed 5 % of total energy and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Advisory Committee 2015 to recommend upper limits of sugar consumption not to exceed 10 % of calories. Data from many randomized control trials (RCTs) do not support linkages between sugar consumption at normal levels within the human diet and various adverse metabolic and health-related effects. Fructose and glucose are typically consumed together in roughly equal proportions from high-fructose corn syrup (also known as isoglucose in Europe) or sucrose. The purpose of this review is to present data from recent RCTs and findings from recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses related to sugar consumption and its putative health effects. This review evaluates findings from recent randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses into the relationship of sugar consumption and a range of health-related issues including energy-regulating hormones, obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and accumulation of liver fat and neurologic responses. Data from these sources do not support linkages between sugar consumption at normal levels within the human diet and various adverse metabolic and health-related effects.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 321 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 54 17%
Student > Master 51 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 30 9%
Other 26 8%
Researcher 26 8%
Other 48 15%
Unknown 88 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 66 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 43 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 28 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 25 8%
Sports and Recreations 13 4%
Other 49 15%
Unknown 99 31%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 213. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 December 2023.
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#3
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