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Taubes G. The Case Against Sugar. New York: Knopf; 2016. 384 p.
Why we cite it
Provides a comprehensive history of the sugar industry’s influence on nutrition science and public health policy, from the early 20th century through modern times. Documents how the industry promoted sugar as a benign source of quick energy while deflecting blame for chronic disease onto dietary fat. Draws parallels between sugar and tobacco industry tactics.
About the author
Gary Taubes is a science journalist with degrees in applied physics (Harvard), aerospace engineering (Stanford), and journalism (Columbia). Three-time winner of the National Association of Science Writers’ Science in Society Journalism Award. Author of Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007) and Why We Get Fat (2010). Co-founded the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI) with Peter Attia in 2012.
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