Fructose toxicity: Is the science ready for public health actions?

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-361

  Tappy, Luc ^a,b   Mittendorfer, Bettina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes; fructose; hypertriglyceridemia; insulin resistance; nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; obesity; sugar

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BEVERAGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FATTY LIVER; FRUCTOSE CONSUMPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ICE CREAM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUGAR INTAKE;

DIET; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SCIENCE; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 84862134901     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328354727e     Document Type: Review

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