Sugary Drinks Linked to Obesity-Related Cancer Deaths
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Drinking two or more sugar-sweetened beverages daily may raise the risk of dying from obesity-related cancers, new research shows. The study, which included more than 900,000 participants, contributes to previous research suggesting that sugary beverages increase the risk of cancer and cancer-related mortality. A more surprising finding is that consuming artificially sweetened beverages was linked to an increased risk of death from pancreatic cancer.
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@prantik Continued research on the impact of both beverage types with cancer risk and mortality is warranted to determine whether these associations are causal or confounded by other lifestyle factors, and whether they are mediated through BMI