One Soda a Day Increases Diabetes Risk 85 Percent

Diabetes is an illness that develops, often in middle age, when a body loses the ability to turn blood sugar into energy. There were 18.2 million Americans — 6.3% of the population — with diabetes in 2002, and it is the nation's fifth-deadliest disease, says the American Diabetes Association.

"It provides ammunition for education efforts, labeling changes and restricting soft drink consumption in schools"

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