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Sugary drinks linked to type 2 diabetes in black women.(HEALTH)(Brief article)

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| August 18, 2008 | McGairk, Christina | COPYRIGHT 2008 Johnson Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Black women who drink soda pop and sugar-sweetened fruit drinks on a regular basis are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes according to a recent study.

The report, published in the Archive of Internal Medicine, looked at 43,960 women participating in the Black Women's Health Study who didn't have type 2 diabetes at the time, but 2,713 of them developed the disease during the 10-year follow-up period.

Researchers found those who had two or more soft drinks per day increased their risk of developing diabetes by 24 percent compared to women who drank less than one soft drink per month.

Women who drank two or more powered Kool-Aid type drinks,…

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