Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is linked to global adult morbidity and mortality through diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and adiposity-related cancers

Commentary on: Singh GM, Micha R, Khatibzadeh S, et al., Global Burden of Diseases Nutrition and Chronic Diseases Expert Group (NutriCoDE). Estimated global, regional, and national disease burdens related to sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in 2010. Circulation 2015;132:639–66 . Context Obesity and obesity-related non-communicable diseases are global health burdens associated with all-cause and cause-specific mortality, economic costs and impaired quality of life.1–3 Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption has been linked with obesity and has long been thought to contribute to cardiometabolic diseases through increases in weight. Results from epidemiological studies show that SSB consumption forms a substantial component of total dietary intake and is associated with metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure and weight gain.4 5 While health impact models have estimated the global burden of cardiometabolic diseases, the role of SSBs on adult mortality remains unknown. Methods This...
Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Drugs: cardiovascular system, Stroke, Hypertension, Diet, Obesity (nutrition), Dentistry and oral medicine, Diabetes, Health education Aetiology/Harm Source Type: research