evidence: Growing Evidence Points to Connection Between Sugar and Cancer A diet high in sugar is a known risk factor for health problems including obesity and diabetes-a risk that reducing sugar intake seems to mitigate. But according to an accumulating body of research by Dr. Lewis Cantley, the Meyer Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, and his team at Weill Cornell Medicine, excess sugar also helps many types of cancer to grow more rapidly. [...] Learn more about the increasing evidence of a strong connection between sugar and cancer.