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Sugar doesn't give you cholesterol. So how is cholesterol correlated to heart disease?

Fat storage, is for sure related to becoming overweight and the cause of many ailments.

Sugar does not contain cholesterol, but consuming an inappropriate amount of it will most certainly have a negative impact on your blood lipid profile.

Do you have a reference by chance? Would love to dig in a bit. I know that high sugar consumption raises triglycerides. But haven't seen anything yet on cholesterol.

A good start:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid#Biosynthesis

One missing piece of this puzzle is that your body is perfectly able to make its own cholesterol even if you never eat any.

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