Grant: Operating Grant: Sugar and Health - Sugars and Health

There are important knowledge gaps in the associations of added sugar from solid foods and health outcomes, limiting ability to set upper limits on recommended dietary intakes for sugars. We will use the nutritional information obtained in 2004 from the a large sample of the Canadian population, which is the most complete source of information about nutritional intake of our population, and we will look at associations between sugars intakes and the development of diabetes during pregnancy and cardiovascular disease during the 10 following years. We will be able to evaluate the impact of sugar from different sources (solid foods vs beverages) and from different daily intake of added sugar (ex. < 5%, 5 to 10%, 10 to 15%, 15 to 20%, 20 to 20%, and > 25% of total calories.) on health. Our study will build on the knowledge base needed to guide health policies related to added sugar upper limits for Canadians.