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Dorothy Brooks

Daily Sugary Drinks Were Linked to Roughly Two and a Half Times the Risk of Stomach Cancer

People who drank at least one sugar-sweetened beverage a day had about 2.45 times the risk of developing gastric (stomach) cancer as people who drank fewer than one a month, according to Mass General Brigham research published in the journal Gastro Hep Advances. The paper was published online Aug. 17.

The habit is widespread. In national survey data from the CDC, 63% of U.S. adults reported drinking sugar-sweetened beverages once a day or more.

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