Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Weight Gain, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Young and Middle-Aged Women

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Authors

Matthias B. Schulze · Harvard University

Abstract

Higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with a greater magnitude of weight gain and an increased risk for development of type 2 diabetes in women, possibly by providing excessive calories and large amounts of rapidly absorbable sugars.

Topics & Keywords

Diet, Metabolism, and Disease Diet and metabolism studies Nutritional Studies and Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 292, Issue 8, pp. 927-927

DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.8.927

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