Added sugar
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Added sugar or free sugar refers to sugar which is added to food and drinks in processing or preparation, as opposed to natural sugars present prior to processing and preparation. Medical consensus ho
White sugar being weighed for a cake
Diet and obesity
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Diet, specifically the Western pattern diet, plays an important role in the genesis of obesity. Personal choices, food advertising, social customs and cultural influences, as well as food availability
A comparison of a typical 1984 cheeseburger (left) of 333 calories with a 2004 cheeseburger (right) of 590 calories as per the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute