Sugary drinks linked to 180,000 deaths worldwide
date:Mar 20, 2013
obesity-related deaths associated with sugary beverages.

Almost three-quarters of the deaths caused by sugary drinks are in low and middle income countries, says study author Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, co-director of the cardiovascular epidemiology program at the Harvard School of Public Health. So this is not just a problem in wealthy nations.

The average consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in Mexico, the country with the highest death rates among larger nations, was 24 ounces per day.

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