Nestle's book reveals the soda industry is well aware of the connection
between soda consumption and obesity and obesity - related diseases.
Recent research has shown a correlation
between soda consumption and heart disease.
One independent, peer - reviewed study published in the British medical journal The Lancet demonstrated a strong link
between soda consumption and childhood obesity.
However, these are just theories, and it's important to note that this study only found an association
between soda consumption and thinking deficits in children, and could not prove a cause - and - effect link.
Not exact matches
While an increasing number of research studies point to the health benefits in controlling and reducing sugar
consumption — the FDA now recommends sugar make up no more than ten percent of total calories consumed per day — there is a difference
between sugars that occur naturally in foods and those that do not, like those in a piece of dried fruit, for example, versus the high fructose syrup commonly added to soft drinks,
sodas, and many processed foods.
No consistent association was found
between diet
soda consumption and blood pressure levels.
Research has found an association
between the
consumption of diet
sodas and a wider waist circumference.
The authors — who were «shocked» at the results — looked at studies published in the past five years that examine the relationship
between diet
soda consumption and health outcomes:
Independent studies almost invariably find an association
between obesity and
consumption of
soda.
A study in the journal Pediatrics in 2006 showed a direct correlation
between weight gain in teenagers and the
consumption of
soda and other sugary drinks.
In June 2010, the Journal of Hepatology suggested a link
between consumption of high - fructose corn syrup in
sodas and fatty liver disease.
The Washington Post article points out how
soda consumption increased 37 percent in Mexico
between 1998 and 1999 with the adoption of NAFTA; and sales of sports drinks exploded in Peru in the decade after its 2006 free trade agreement with the U.S. — something not seen in neighboring Bolivia, which hadn't signed an agreement.
Characterize the relationship
between family cohesion and breakfast and
soda consumption in adolescent girls.