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The quality of evidence supporting the recommendations on sugar intake is low to very low.
Practitioners should be cautious in applying these guidelines due to low evidence quality.
StrongRefutesmedium confidence
Quality of evidence supporting recommendations was low to very low.
Why this rating
The assessment of evidence quality was part of the systematic review.
Source
The Scientific Basis of Guideline Recommendations on Sugar Intake
Jennifer Erickson et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2016
DOI 10.7326/m16-2020
systematic_reviewCited 128×
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