Sugar is he responsible for obesity?

Yes ... and no. In fact, the answer depends on specialists who speak out on the issue and how to interpret research.

Anne Mardis, MD, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States even says that people eat more sugar, less fat they consume. Another epidemiological study (2005) conducted in 34 countries with 137,000 school children shows that the consumption of sweets was lower in children with excess weight than those of normal weight.

However, in a voluminous report on the preventive effects of diet on chronic diseases, WHO recommends limiting the intake of free sugars (added sugars and sugars from fruit juice) to prevent overweight.

According to the French Agency for Food Safety 'excessive consumption of carbohydrates, such as drinks, is involved in many overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in industrialized countries "

Difficult to navigate! Which combines specialists is that many sugar-containing foods also contain fat. Who put the benches of the accused?!

The World Health Organization (WHO) is pronounced with caution. According to her, the sugar part with fat and lack of physical activity, the three main causes of the obesity epidemic. At least one thing is clear!

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