How Climate Change Is Fueling Your Sugar Addiction
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The article explores how climate change is affecting sugar production and consumption, potentially fueling sugar addiction, with the sole comment questioning the causal link between climate change and sugar addiction.
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Rising temperatures increase added sugar intake disproportionately in disadvantaged groups in the USA
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02398-8
Seems relevant that the original study consists of people struggling with finances (sugar foods are cheaper in the US) and who are exposed to the outdoors