While this wording is accurate, it is not direct. I think pinning things to CVD, diabetes, and cancer as all metabolic diseases is a step forward.

People who are not familiar with science don't understand this. They need simple certainty, and if they want to wait for scientific consensus to catch up, that is their business, I suppose.

But I have to "nutshell" it for them with informal conversation. So feel free to correct me!

But face to face, I do what Gloria Swanson used to do. Point out that it's poison

Certainly a symptom of metabolic derangement, which is not a word I use lightly. But the last few years has been a cascade of new research which explains lots of things, including how sugar makes you metabolically deranged. That leads to overconsumption and overweight.

Sugar awareness is already underway. Despite the best efforts of the beverage companies.