Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries
An erratum to this article was published (Nat Med, Feb 2025 ↗)
Study context
- Population
- 184 countries, globally, regionally and nationally; Global Dietary Database data184 countries
- Outcome
- SSB-attributable T2D and CVD burdens (new cases)
- Follow-up
- 1990 and 2020
Methodological details184 countries, 1990 and 2020, jointly stratified by age, sex, educational attainment and urbanicity
- 184 countries
- 1990 and 2020
- Jointly stratified by age, sex, educational attainment and urbanicity
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
2020
New T2D cases attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs)
2.2 million
95% UI 2.0–2.3
New cardiovascular diseases (CVD) cases attributable to SSBs
1.2 million
95% UI 1.1–1.3
Share of all incident T2D cases
9.8%
Share of all incident CVD cases
3.1%
Further findings
Proportional SSB-attributable burden by subpopulation
- Higher among men vs women, younger vs older adults, higher- vs lower-educated adults, and urban vs rural adults
SSB-attributable percentage burden by region (highest)
- Latin America and the Caribbean, T2D
- 24.4%
- Latin America and the Caribbean, CVD
- 11.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa, T2D
- 21.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa, CVD
- 10.5%
Largest proportional increase in SSB-attributable incident cases, 1990 to 2020 (sub-Saharan Africa)
- T2D
- +8.8%
- CVD
- +4.4%
Original publication
Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries. Nat Med. Published 6 January 2025. doi:10.
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