Sugary drinks: Increased diabetes risk

William Atkins
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 00:47

Science - Health

A University of California study shows convincing evidence that the excessive use of sugar-sweetened beverages has caused tens of thousands of more cases of diabetes over the last decade.



U.S. researchers from the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) performed their study on sugar-sweetened beverages.

They state that such beverages do not include those that contain 100% fruit juice, only those where sugar has been added.

These sugar-sweetened drinks, according to their USSF report, consist of between 120 and 200 calories per drink container.

They presented the results of their study at the Joint Conference--50th Annual Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention-and-Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, in San Francisco, California, which was held from March 2 to March 5, 2010.

The California researchers used the Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Policy Model, which is a computer simulation model of the U.S. national population that are of the age 35 years and older.

The researchers conclude the following:

'¢    'Increased consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks from 1990 to 2000 contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 cases of coronary heart disease and 50,000 'additional life-years burdened by coronary heart disease.'" [AHN: 'Researchers Say Sugar-Sweetened Sports Drinks Causing More Diabetes Cases']

Page two continues with two additional findings from the study.