Macro partitioning

High consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) is associated with an increasing burden of cardiometabolic mortality, with attributable deaths rising by 7.2% between 1990 and 2010, despite being a smaller absolute contributor than nuts or fruit deficits.

Cutting out sugary drinks is crucial because their consumption is rising and driving up heart and diabetes deaths. Even though other factors like low nut intake cause more total deaths, the trend for sugary drinks is getting worse, so reducing them is a high-priority action.