Sugar Love: A Not So Sweet Story By Rich Cohen

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In his article “Sugar Love (A Not So Sweet Story)”, published in National Geographic Magazine, Rich Cohen discusses the history and the role of sugar in modern world. Cohen chooses one of the American primary high schools as a case to investigate negative effects of sugar and attempts to prevent them (“Sugar Love”). According to the school principal, as soon as health problems such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and others became evident, school administration took serious steps to eradicate sugar-related diseases. To highlight the significance of the issue, Cohen compares American population to the bottom of a sweet drink where sugar ends up at the end (“Sugar Love”). However, before completely introducing the current situation,