High sugar consumption may increase risk factors for heart disease in American teenagers

Monday, January 10, 2011 - 08:32 in Health & Medicine

Teenagers who consume a lot of added sugars in soft drinks and foods may have poor cholesterol profiles — which may possibly lead to heart disease in adulthood, according to first-of-its-kind research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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