Sodas and other sugary drinks may cause up to 184,000 deaths a year
worldwide, according to a study published Monday in the journal
Circulation.PHOTO | FILE
Sodas and other sugary drinks may cause up to 184,000 deaths a
year worldwide, according to a study published Monday in the journal
Circulation.
Billed as a first, the
report analyzed the global risks of death due to diabetes,
cardiovascular diseases and cancers linked to the consumption of sugary
drinks.
Researchers estimated that
around 133,000 people died from diabetes due to the consumption of what
the report called "sugar-sweetened beverages." Around 45,000 people died
globally from cardiovascular diseases arising from sugary drink
consumption and 6,450 people died from cancers linked to the beverages,
researchers estimated.
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF DEATHS
"Many
countries in the world have a significant number of deaths occurring
from a single dietary factor, sugar-sweetened beverages.
It
should be a global priority to substantially reduce or eliminate
sugar-sweetened beverages from the diet," said study author Dariush
Mozaffarian from Tufts University in Boston.
Mexico
had the highest death rate due to sugary beverages with a rate of 450
deaths per million adults, the report said. It was followed by the
United States with 125 estimated deaths per million adults.
Researchers
also said the general quantity of sugar available in a nation
correlated with the country's frequency of diabetes, cardiovascular
disease and cancer.
The report also
found 76 percent of deaths related to soda and other sugary drink
consumption occurred in low to middle income countries.
Fruit
juices were not included in the research, which analyzed 62 dietary
surveys conducted between 1980 and 2010 in 51 countries.
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