Sugary drinks linked to millions of new diabetes, cardiovascular disease cases worldwide

Many people in recovery from alcohol replace it with sugary drinks – but the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy revealed that, in 2020, about one in 10 new type 2 diabetes cases and one in 30 new CVD cases globally were tied to sugar-sweetened beverages. That year also saw about 340,000 deaths from SSB-attributed type 2 diabetes and CVD.