Summary
Our preference for sweetness is not new, but over the past 20 years there has been a remarkable increase in the consumption of refined sugars around the globe. Of particular interest to anyone interested in cardiometabolic risk is the fact that the growing use of high-fructose corn syrup between 1970 and 1990 has paralleled the rising trend of the prevalence of obesity.
- Cardiometabolic Disorder
- Nursing
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