Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity.

By G. Bray, S. Nielsen, Barry M. Popkin. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2004

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Subfields: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology, Physiology

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Metabolic effects of fructose and the worldwide increase in obesity. (2010, background): “Free fructose consumption dramatically increased between 1970 and 2007, as illustrated by impressive exponential curves (33).”
Ten Putative Contributors to the Obesity Epidemic (2009, positive): “HFCS consumption (but not necessarily fructose per se) has increased substantially in the last several decades and has been speculated to be a contributor to the obesity epidemic (Bray et al., 2004; Welsh et al., 2005).”
Creating healthy food and eating environments: policy and environmental approaches. (2008, background): “American consumed 152 pounds of sweeteners, which was equivalent to 52 teaspoons of added sugar per day of which 40% came from high fructose corn syrup (10).”
Ultra‐processed foods and the nutrition transition: Global, regional and national trends, food systems transformations and political economy drivers (2020, background): “In the United States, the production of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) also increased, with a subsequent 10-fold rise in consumption between 1970 and 1990 to represent >40% and 100% of caloric sweeteners added to foods and beverages, respectively.(49) In 1994, tariff reductions mandated under the N”
Evidence for sugar addiction: behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake. (2008, background): “Since high-fructose corn syrup has become a major constituent in the American diet (Bray et al., 2004) and lacks some effects on insulin and leptin, it may be a potential agent for producing obesity when given intermittently to rats.”
Dietary sugars intake and cardiovascular health: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. (2009, neutral): “Added sugars, g (tsp)§ 16 (4) 16 (4) 12 (3) 20 (5) 32 (8) 36 (9) 48 (12) 56 (14) 60 (15) 72 (18)”
INCREASED FRUCTOSE CONSUMPTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH FIBROSIS SEVERITY IN PATIENTS WITH NAFLD (2010, background): “Intake of dietary fructose, either as a free monosaccharide or bound to glucose in the form of sucrose, has increased 1000% during the past 40 years.(5) First introduced into the human diet around 1970, HFCS consumption during the past decade accounts for 10% of caloric food intake.”
A causal role for uric acid in fructose-induced metabolic syndrome. (2006, background): “The last 25 years have witnessed a marked increase in total per capita fructose intake, primarily in the form of sucrose (a disaccharide consisting of 50% fructose) and highfructose corn syrup (HFCS; 55% fructose content) (3).”
Epidemiology of Obesity and Diabetes and Their Cardiovascular Complications (2016, neutral): “Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States.”