Caloric Sweetener Consumption and Dyslipidemia Among US Adults
Author(s) -
Jean A. Welsh,
Andrea J. Sharma,
Jerome L. Abramson,
Viola Vaccarino,
Cathleen Gillespie,
Miriam B. Vos
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2010.449
Subject(s) - dyslipidemia , medicine , calorie , national health and nutrition examination survey , triglyceride , odds ratio , cholesterol , logistic regression , population , food science , environmental health , obesity , biology
Dietary carbohydrates have been associated with dyslipidemia, a lipid profile known to increase cardiovascular disease risk. Added sugars (caloric sweeteners used as ingredients in processed or prepared foods) are an increasing and potentially modifiable component in the US diet. No known studies have examined the association between the consumption of added sugars and lipid measures.
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