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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Linked to Stomach Cancer For The First Time
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Key Points:
- New research published in Gastro Hep Advances indicates that consuming at least one sugar-sweetened beverage daily is associated with a 2.45 times higher risk of developing gastric cancer compared to non-consumers.
- The study analyzed data from over 112,000 participants in the Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, documenting 278 cases of gastric cancer between 1986 and 2022.
- Women who drank at least one sugary drink daily had about a threefold increased risk, while men had roughly double the risk, compared to those who avoided sugar-sweetened beverages.
- No link was found between artificially sweetened beverages and gastric cancer, and the observational nature of the study means causation cannot be confirmed.
- Researchers highlight the need for further studies to explore the biological mechanisms behind the association and note limitations such as incomplete data on Helicobacter pylori infection and family cancer history.
