Study: Mexico Pays Healthy Price for Being Soda King Lauren Villagran - The Christian Science Monitor
go to original April 1, 2013

Mexicans drink more refrescos, or soda, than people in just about any other country, according to new research, which links soda consumption with increased chances of obesity and diabetes-related deaths. (The Center for Science in the Public Interest)

MEXICO CITY - Stacks of glass-bottled sodas – orange pop, purple non-alcoholic sangria, Coca-Cola – are omnipresent at food stands across Mexico City, where busy workers stop for quesadillas or tamales and are as likely to down a soda at breakfast as at lunch and dinner.

But too much soda is morbidly dangerous, the American Heart Association says, based on a new analysis of data collected during the 2010 Global Burden of Diseases Study. It linked consumption of sugary drinks to diabetes and obesity-related deaths, and Mexico ranks No. 1 in the world.

Researchers looked at the relationship between the quantities of sugary sodas, sports drinks, and fruit drinks consumed and the prevalence of obesity and diabetes. Latin America and the Caribbean topped nine world regions studied, with 38,000 fatalities annually.

The study linked sugary drinks with about 180,000 deaths worldwide each year.

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