Researchers at UCSF argue that sugar poses a danger to health and should be regulated like alcohol and tobacco. Is sugar just empty calories, or something much worse?
Original Broadcast: Fri, Feb 3, 2012 -- 9:00 AM
KQED's Forum: The Trouble With Sugar
KQED's Forum: The Trouble With Sugar
Host: Dave Iverson
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Guests:
- Claire Brindis, professor of pediatrics and director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF
- Fredric Kraemer, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology and Metabolism at the Stanford University School of Medicine
- Jo Ann Hattner, registered dietician and consultant at the Stanford School of Medicine
- Robert Goldberg, vice president and co-founder of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest and author of "Tabloid Medicine"
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More info:
- Sugar: A Sweetener Gone Sour? : from KQED's State of Health blog
- Edible Education 101: Sugar Is Not So Sweet After All
- KQED's Forum: Sugar and Health
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