I&#x27;m not sure this can be much clearer:<p>&quot;For a while the association between sugar consumption and type 2 diabetes was thought to solely relate to weight gain, but new research conducted at UC San Francisco indicates that sugar intake may also be directly linked to diabetes.&quot;<p>&quot;As far as I know, this is the first paper that has had data on the relationship of sugar consumption to diabetes. This has been a source of controversy forever. It&#x27;s been very, very difficult to separate sugar from the calories it provides. This work is carefully done, it&#x27;s interesting and it deserves attention.&quot;<p>Here&#x27;s more on the study:<p>Quantity of sugar in food supply linked to diabetes rates, researcher says
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;med.stanford.edu&#x2F;news&#x2F;all-news&#x2F;2013&#x2F;02&#x2F;quantity-of-sugar-in-food-supply-linked-to-diabetes-rates-researcher-says.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;med.stanford.edu&#x2F;news&#x2F;all-news&#x2F;2013&#x2F;02&#x2F;quantity-of-s...</a><p>&quot;Does eating too much sugar cause diabetes? For years, scientists have said &#x27;not exactly.&#x27; Eating too much of any food, including sugar, can cause you to gain weight; it’s the resulting obesity that predisposes people to diabetes, according to the prevailing theory.<p>&quot;But now the results of a large epidemiological study suggest sugar may also have a direct, independent link to diabetes. Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine, the University of California-Berkeley and the University of California-San Francisco examined data on sugar availability and diabetes rates from 175 countries over the past decade. After accounting for obesity and a large array of other factors, the researchers found that increased sugar in a population’s food supply was linked to higher diabetes rates, independent of obesity rates. Their study was published Feb. 27 in PLOS ONE.&quot;