ABSTRACT
Key Points ...................................................................................................................................... 115 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 116 Current Knowledge ........................................................................................................................ 117 Dietary Sugars and Energy Costs................................................................................................... 117 Added Sugars and Diet Costs ........................................................................................................ 118 SES, Diet Quality, and Health ........................................................................................................ 119 Sugar and Social Class ................................................................................................................... 120 Economics of Dietary Sugars Consumption .................................................................................. 120 Obesity and Poverty ....................................................................................................................... 121 Open Questions .............................................................................................................................. 121
Confounding by Diet Cost ........................................................................................................ 121 Confounding by Social Norms .................................................................................................. 122 What Really Matters-Sugar or Its Price? ................................................................................ 122
References ...................................................................................................................................... 123
• Lower diet costs may be a better predictor of adverse health outcomes than any one food or nutrient.
