High sugar-sweetened drinks tally linked to doubling in bowel cancer risk before age 50

(BMJ) Drinking two or more daily sugar-sweetened beverages in adulthood is linked to a doubling in the risk of bowel cancer before the age of 50 -- at least in women, finds research published online in the journal Gut.And each daily serving is associated with a 16% higher risk, rising to 32% per daily serving during the teenage years, the findings indicate.
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