More Intervention is Needed to Reduce Consumption of Sugary Drinks!



 

Fewer Americans are reaching for sugar sweetened beverages, but consumption remains high – prompting a call for more aggressive measures to further reduce ingestion, according to new research released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overconsumption of sugary-sweetened drinks has been linked to obesity and other health conditions.

Many Americans continue to drink sugary beverages daily, CDC research concludes

By Elizabeth CrawfordElizabeth Crawford, 02-Mar-2016. http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Trends/Sugar-reduction/Many-Americans-drink-sugary-beverages-daily-CDC-research-concludes

Sugary Drinks Increase Health Disease Risk!

"Beverages sweetened with low, medium and high amounts of high-fructose corn syrup significantly increase risk factors for cardiovascular disease, even when consumed for just two weeks by young, healthy men and women. Consumption of sugary drinks increases risk factors for cardiovascular disease in a dose-dependent manner -- the more you drink, the greater the risk. The study is the first to demonstrate such a direct, dose-dependent relationship."

University of California - Davis. (2015, April 22). Sugary drinks boost risk factors for heart disease, study suggests. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 23, 2015 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150422142515.htm