Sugar, Here's the Skinny...


CME Credit Available

This activity offers 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s) or 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the various types of dietary sugars (e.g., glucose, fructose, sucrose, artificial) and their distance metabolic pathways in the human body.

2. Analyze the relationship between high sugar consumption and it's contribution to metabolic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, obesity, and cardiovascular, renal, ocular diseases.

3. Recognize the impact of sugar on different bodily systems, particularly focusing on how excess sugar intake can lead to insulin resistance and inflammation.