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It depends what kind of sugar, but I presume you're talking about glucose?

This is probably the central metabolic equation in the animal world.

glucose + oxygen + water -----> carbon dioxide (which you breathe out) + water + energy

this is the oxidation of glucose which is the central (but not sole) mechanism whereby we derive our energy from in the form of energy storing molecules such as ATP and GTP, with electron carriers such as NAD+ and FAD+ helping the process.

You should search about glycolysis, citric acid cycle, electron trasport chain and you will find the mechanism whereby 1 glucose molecule will yield 32 ATP molecules.

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