Drinking one 12-ounce sugary soft drink a day can increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 22 percent according to european studies.
The finding is based on analysis data collected from more than 20,000 people in Denmark, France, Spain, Sweden, Italy, The Netherlands, Germany and The United Kingdom.
The increased risk associated with taking a sugary soda a day fell to 18 percent when the investigators took into account people's calories intake and body-mass- index (BMI), a measurement of body fat based on height and weight.
Both total calories intake and BMI are believed to play a role in the link between sugary soft drinks and increased diabetes risk. The fact that diabetic risk fell only slightly when this two factors were taken into account could indicate that effect of sugary soft drinks on diabetes goes beyond body weight, according to Dora Romageura, of the Imperial College London,and her colleagues.
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