Sugar
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•Last Updated: August 28, 2025
Sugar refers to sweet-tasting carbohydrates. Examples include sucrose, fructose, and glucose.
Sugar refers to sweet-tasting carbohydrates. Examples include sucrose, fructose, and glucose.
Sugar is most often used for Other.
In this meta-analysis of 27 observational studies in over 800,000 participants, an increased intake of sugar or sugar-sweetened beverages increased the odds of Crohn’s disease orulcerative colitis by 58% to 72%.