Increased fructose consumption has been suggested to contribute to non-alcoholic fatty liver
disease (NAFLD), dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance, but a causal role of fructose in these …

This review explores whether fructose consumption might be a contributing factor to the
development of obesity and the accompanying metabolic abnormalities observed in the …

Fructose intake and the prevalence of obesity have both increased over the past two to three
decades. Compared with glucose, the hepatic metabolism of fructose favors lipogenesis …

Design We examined fructose consumption patterns by sex, age group, race/ethnicity,
socioeconomic status, and body mass index for 21,483 children and adults. We used a …

Background: Hypertriglyceridemia is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular
disease. Until recently, the importance of hepatic de novo lipogenesis (DNL) in contributing …

Data from animal experiments and human studies implicate added sugars (eg, sucrose and
high-fructose corn syrup) in the development of diabetes mellitus and related metabolic …

Compared with other carbohydrates, fructose-containing caloric sweeteners (sucrose, high-
fructose corn syrup, pure fructose and fructose-glucose mixtures) are characterized by: a …

The obesity epidemic has focused attention on relationships of sugars and sugar-sweetened
beverages (SSBs) to cardiovascular risk factors. Here we report cross-sectional associations …

Overconsumption of fructose, particularly in the form of soft drinks, is increasingly recognized
as a public health concern. The acute cardiovascular responses to ingesting fructose have …

We are currently in the midst of an epidemic of metabolic disorders, which may, in part, be
explained by excess fructose intake. This theory is supported by epidemiological …