A recent study in the Nature Medicine journal has found evidence supporting a link between the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD).
SSBs include commercial or homemade beverages, soft drinks, energy drinks, fruit drinks, punch, and lemonade.
The study is the first of its kind that analysed the link across 184 countries.
Researchers obtained SSB intake data from the Global Dietary Database, including surveys from 2.9 million individuals from the majority of the countries.
The study found that “proportional SSB-attributable burdens,” such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, were higher among:
Men versus women
Younger versus older adults
Higher- versus lower-educated adults, and
Urban populations compared to rural ones.
“The largest variations by age were observed in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the lowest in South Asia,” the authors wrote....
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