The Unsavory Side of Sugar

Examining the sweetener's effects on the human body and on public policy. 

Sugar crystals magnified

The industry calls them SSBs. You know them as sugar-sweetened beverages, and they’re one of the many ways that an overload of sugar enters the average person’s diet. They were just one of the sugar-coated problems addressed when health and science experts met at Harvard Medical School to discuss the effects of sugar — in all its forms, including the ubiquitous high-fructose corn syrup — on health and public policy. Learn more here.

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