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Sugary drinks such as soda and juices have been a public health enemy for years, but new research suggests these sugar-sweetened beverages do more than provide empty calories: They could kill you. ...
Consumption of sugar-laden soft drinks may contribute to childhood obesity. In a study of 548 children over a 19-month period the likelihood of obesity increased 1.6 times for every additional soft drink consumed per day.
Sugar-sweetened beverages may increase your risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes, new research finds. Sugary drinks were found to be linked to over 330,000 deaths a year. Experts explain the ...
A new study suggests 30% of kids in the U.S. consumed more than two sugary drinks per day and two in every three kids drank at least one sugary drink.
In February 2022, scientists of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concluded that sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries, and that evidence also links to consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, juices and nectars with various chronic metabolic diseases including obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and type 2 ...
Drinking more sugary beverages (including fruit juices, soft drinks, fruit drinks, sports drinks, energy and enhanced water drinks, sweetened iced tea, and lemonade) increases overall energy intake, and thus increases the risk of metabolic syndrome, obesity, and type 2 diabetes (see the pathophysiology of obesity).
Drinks that were not taxed included drinks with NNSs, milk with no added sugar, and water. [62] Other governments are active in placing policy on school lunches or what is being offered in school cafeterias in regards to beverages. Governmental activity is trying to eventually slow down the obesity epidemic. [62]
Lustig came to public attention in 2009 when one of his medical lectures, "Sugar: The Bitter Truth", was aired. [4] [5] He is the editor of Obesity Before Birth: Maternal and Prenatal Influences on the Offspring (2010), and author of Fat Chance: Beating the Odds against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease (2013).