Sugary Drinks Tied to 25,000 U.S. Deaths a Year
More than 180,000 deaths worldwide in 2010 were linked to a high intake of sugar-laden drinks, a new study estimates, including 25,000 deaths in the United States.
Most deaths occurred in middle- to low-income countries, the Harvard researchers noted.
The findings are surprising because "we often think of this as a problem only in high-income countries, like the U.S.," said lead researcher...