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Obesity-wave soft drinks often cause overweight
It has long been known that soft drinks are not among the healthy drinks. Frequent consumption can lead to enormous health problems such as tooth decay, hypertension or diabetes. But most of all, the sweet sodas cause obesity and obesity fairly quickly. Scientists say millions of obesity cases could be avoided by using less sweetened drinks.
Health hazard due to sweetened soft drinks
Last summer, a video on the Internet caused a worldwide sensation: It shows how dangerous coke and soft drinks are. A US consumer protection organization caricatured the link between high-soda consumption and chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity in the clip. A few weeks later, the pharmacist Niraj Naik published in his blog on "The Renegade Pharmacist" a graphic that shows how Cola harms the body in minutes. There are enough indications of the health hazards of soft drinks. Nevertheless, sugared sodas still enjoy great popularity. If less of them were consumed or their sugar content at least reduced, this could prevent millions of obesity cases.
Soft drinks not only promote the development of obesity, but can also lead to other health problems such as tooth decay, high blood pressure or diabetes. (Image: Monkey Business / fotolia.com) Millions of obesity cases are to be prevented
According to a report from the APA, British researchers predict that less sweet sodas would prevent 1.5 million cases of obesity and obesity in the UK. Sweetened soft drinks and fruit juices are "obesity bombs" according to the scientists. The study, published a few days ago by Graham Mac Gregor of Queen Mary University in London and its co-authors in the journal "Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology," says that the 40 percent reduction in sugar content in the United Kingdom within five years to prevent one million cases of obesity and 500,000 cases of obesity.
Sugar reduction by 40 percent
The researchers said that the researchers took the experience of reducing salt in many foods in the UK. It is said that salinity has been reduced by 40 percent within five years. The potential effect of reducing sugar was calculated by the researchers at Cola & Co and fruit juices. The study authors report: "A 40 percent reduction in free sugar in the soft drinks over a five-year period would result in an average 36.4 kilocalories per day reduction in energy intake at the end of the fifth year. That would mean a reduction in average body weight by 1.2 kilograms in adults. "
Consumers tolerate slow reduction
For the United Kingdom alone, such a measure would predict that around half a million fewer people would become overweight. And the number of obese would even drop by a million. "Within 20 years, that would also prevent 274,000 to 309,000 type 2 diabetes diseases," the researchers said, according to APA. According to the experts, the situation with sugar is similar to salt: consumers would tolerate a slow decrease in such additives. "The perception of sweetness adapts to a gradual change in sugar intake. It is unlikely that such a strategy would change the behavior of consumers if used over five years. "Researchers also suggest that people rarely replace calorie reduction with other sources. (Ad)