The confusing world of dietary sugars: Definitions, intakes, food sources and international dietary recommendations

Food and Function

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 477-486

  Hess, Jennifer ^a   Latulippe, Marie E ^b   Ayoob, Keith ^c   Slavin, Joanne ^a  

^a Department of Food Science and Nutrition ^*  (United States)

^b International Life Sciences Institute   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUGARS;

DIETARY GUIDELINES; FOOD SOURCES; HEALTH CONCERNS; HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; SUGAR CONTENT; TOTAL SUGARS;

NUTRITION;

TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIETETICS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SUGAR INTAKE;

ANIMALS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY SUCROSE; DIETETICS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION POLICY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84860515338     PISSN: 20426496     EISSN: 2042650X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2fo10250a     Document Type: Review

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