The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 273 No 7315 p304
4 September 2004

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Risks of sugary drinks clarified

Strategies to prevent obesity should focus on reducing consumption of sugary drinks. Researchers found that women who consume one or more of these drinks each day had a relative risk of type 2 diabetes of 1.83 compared with those who consumed less than one per month. They also gained more weight (JAMA 2004;292,927).