PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vinall, Maria
ED  - Popkin, Barry M.
TI  - Cardiometabolic Corner: Updates from the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk
DP  - 2009  01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 26--27
VI  - 9
IP  - 5
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/9/5/26.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/9/5/26.full
AB  - 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.