Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes

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Authors

Vasanti Malik · Harvard University

Barry M. Popkin · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

George A. Bray · Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Jean‐Pierre Després · Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec

Walter C. Willett · Harvard University

Frank B. Hu · Harvard University

Abstract

In addition to weight gain, higher consumption of SSBs is associated with development of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. These data provide empirical evidence that intake of SSBs should be limited to reduce obesity-related risk of chronic metabolic diseases.

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

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Published in: Diabetes Care

Volume 33, Issue 11, pp. 2477-2483

DOI: 10.2337/dc10-1079

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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes

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