Tag: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

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    Daily soft drink linked to increased risk of liver disease

    Study finds women who consumed sugar-sweetened beverage daily had higher risk of developing liver cancer, chronic liver disease.

    Bottles with soft drinks
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    Bad for all, sugary drinks may raise early death risk for Type 2 diabetics

    Large-scale study finds sugar-sweetened beverages linked with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death for people with Type 2 diabetes.

    Soda being poured.
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    In soda tax fight, echoes of tobacco battles

    Taxes on sugary drinks are potentially effective tools to fight the obesity epidemic and advocates are drawing lessons from the long battle against tobacco as they plot what they know will be a tough road ahead.

    Three people sitting in front of a screen with Soda Taxes on it.
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    Sickly sweet

    A long-term study, led by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, found that the more sugar-sweetened beverages people consumed, the greater their risk of premature death — particularly death from cardiovascular disease, and to a lesser extent from cancer.

    Soda with ice in a glass
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    Health in the balance

    In research, treatment, and outreach, researchers from Harvard Medical School are taking on the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States. This is the first in a three-part series.

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    Tax on sugary drinks?

    The global obesity epidemic has been escalating for decades, yet long-term prevention efforts have barely begun and are inadequate, according to a new paper from international public health experts published in the Aug. 25 issue of the journal The Lancet.