Association between added sugar intake and mortality is nonlinear and dependent on sugar source in 2 Swedish population–based prospective cohorts

Although sugar consumption has been associated with several risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases, evidence for harmful long-term effects is lacking. In addition, most studies have focused on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), not sugar per se.The aim of this study was to examine the associations between added and free sugar intake, intake of different sugar sources, and mortality risk.Two prospective population-based cohorts were examined:...