Diabetes, heart disease rise alongside sugary drink consumption: study

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Across the world, the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is responsible for about 340,000 deaths each year from Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a study published earlier this week that is one of the largest attempts to assess how the spread of Western eating habits is affecting global health.

The study, in the journal Nature, also found that sugary drinks were linked to 2.2 million additional cases of Type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million cases of cardiovascular disease in 2020, with a disproportionate share of those cases concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.