One in ten cases of diabetes is caused by sugary drinks

Sugary drinks are responsible for one in ten cases of diabetes worldwide. In addition, one in thirty cardiovascular diseases is directly linked to the consumption of these sodas, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine.

Political measures are therefore urgent, emphasizes the international research team in the article. Latin America and the Caribbean are particularly affected: almost a quarter of type 2 diabetes cases in this region are due to sugary drinks. Sub-Saharan Africa experienced the greatest increase in this type of diabetes between 1990 and 2020, with 8.8%.

In Switzerland, scientists attributed 10.5% of cases of type 2 diabetes diagnosed in 2020 to the consumption of sugary drinks, author Laura Lara-Castor of Tufts University in Boston (USA) told Keystone-ATS. main part of the study. When it comes to cardiovascular disease, sugary drinks were responsible for 3.1% of all new cases.