Soda-Swillers

MANY STUDIES HAVE linked the consumption of non-diet soda and fruit juices with added sugars to obesity and attendant risks of diabetes. But now a new study of more than 50,000 U.S. nurses dramatically points up these connections and should encourage the efforts of groups seeking to ban in-school sales of such drinks. As in the past, the sugar and soft-drink industries are in a swirl, arguing that all sorts of other factors are contributing to obesity and diabetes ...more