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High consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors. Using dietary recall and death reports from a U.S. longitudinal cohort study, researchers investigated the effect of “sugary beverages” on CHD-related and all-cause mortality. More than 13,000 participants (mean age, 64; 70% overweight or obese; 50% current or former smokers), without baseline CHD, stroke history, or type 2 diabetes, were assessed.
Mean sugary beverage consumption was 8.4% of total calories, split roughly equally between sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice (which are essentially identical in sugar content). During a median 6-year follow up, 1000 deaths from any cause and 168 CHD-related deaths occurred. The …