Researchers seeing similar effects from too much sugar and too much alcohol . Alcohol is simply the distillation of sugar , she says , and sugar should be taxed and regulated . So three years ago , a pediatric endocrinologist named Rob Lustig walks into my office and asks for my help . The study was published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday, but it has been around for a while. We may be thinking about obesity and chronic disease in the wrong way . She says tackling obesity and chronic disease will be hard , but concerned people can do plenty .
Researchers seeing similar effects from too much sugar and too much alcohol . Alcohol is simply the distillation of sugar , she says , and sugar should be taxed and regulated . The study was published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday, but it has been around for a while. We may be thinking about obesity and chronic disease in the wrong way . She says tackling obesity and chronic disease will be hard , but concerned people can do plenty .