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Participants with higher sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs) intake and lower physical activity were independently at higher risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Reducing intake of SSBs and ASBs while increasing physical activity may lower the risk of developing T2D.
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In multivariable-adjusted models, we confirmed that participants with higher SSBs, ASBs and lower physical activity were independently at higher T2D risk, compared to lower intakes and higher activity levels.
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Based on the large prospective cohort studies mentioned in the abstract.
Source
Abstract P152: Joint Association of Sugar- and Artificially-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Physical Activity and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in US Adults
Lorena S. Pacheco et al. · Circulation · 2023
DOI 10.1161/circ.147.suppl_1.p152
cohort · n=196101
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