Soft Drink Consumption and Risk of Developing Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Adults in the Community

Dhingra, Ravi; Sullivan, Lisa; F. Jacques, Paul; J. Wang, Thomas; S. Fox, Caroline; B. Meigs, James; B. D’Agostino, Ralph; Michael Gaziano, J.; S. Vasan, Ramachandran

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.107.689935

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Soft Drink Consumption and Risk of Developing Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Adults in the Community

Published in Circulation • Jul 23, 2007

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Ravi Dhingra

Lisa Sullivan

Paul F. Jacques

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Consumption of soft drinks has been linked to obesity in children and adolescents, but it is unclear whether it increases metabolic risk in middle-aged individuals. METHODS AND RESULTS: We related the incidence of metabolic syndrome and its components to soft drink consumption in partici...

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Medicine

Metabolic syndrome

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