When you eat the same number of calories from sugar or from bread or rice, you don’t gain more weight from the sugar — so sugar isn’t uniquely fattening.

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Added sugars and risk factors for obesity, diabetes and heart disease

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This study looked at whether sugar makes you gain more weight than other carbs when you eat the same number of calories — and found no special weight-gain effect from sugar alone.

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Added sugars and risk factors for obesity, diabetes and heart disease

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DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2016.10

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