200 Thousand Deaths Each Year Triggered Sweet Drinks

The phenomenon of adverse effects on the health of sugary drinks seem increasingly real. A recent study indicated that sugary drinks may be responsible for about 200,000 deaths annually worldwide.

The researchers analyzed data from a global disease to determine the association of death with the consumption of soda and other sugary beverages. They associate these drinks with 133,000 deaths from diabetes, 44,000 deaths from heart disease and 6,000 deaths from cancer. As many as 78 percent of these deaths occur in low-to moderate-income countries, and the rest in the rich countries.

Although it has not been proven in a cause-effect relationship, sweet drinks known to contribute to weight gain, thus increasing the risk of degenerative diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and even some cancers.

Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have the highest diabetes death associated with chill sweet drinks. Russia and the Middle East has a number of deaths from heart disease the greatest. And Mexico is the country with the highest rate of consumption of sweet drinks in the world has the largest overall mortality rate. In Mexico, there are 318 deaths per one million adults each year related to the consumption of sweet drinks.

Japan is a country with a population of at least consume sugary beverages have the lowest mortality rate is 10 deaths per one million adults.

"Because we are focusing on chronic diseases that we study focused on adults," said lead researcher Gitanjali Singh from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.

The findings are presented in a meeting of the epidemiology and prevention / nutrition, physical activity, and metabolism of the American Heart Association held.