High-fructose corn syrup linked to type 2 diabetes High-fructose
corn syrup (HFCS) in national food supplies around the world
might help explain the rising rates of type 2 diabetes around
the world, researchers at the University of Southern California
and the University of Oxford report in the journal Global Public
Health. After studying 42 countries, researchers found that
those that use HFCS in their food supply had a 20 percent higher
prevalence of diabetes than those that did not use HFCS,
suggesting an association with diabetes independent of total
sugar intake and obesity levels. “HFCS appears to pose a serious
public health problem on a global scale,” said principal study
author Michael I. Goran, MD, professor of preventive medicine ,
director of the Childhood Obesity Research Center, and co-
director of the Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute at the
Keck School of Medicine at USC in a release. “The study adds to
a growing body of scientific literature that indicates HFCS
consumption may result in n