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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages is likely to decrease consumption, resulting in lower rates of diabetes and heart disease, and these health benefits are expected to be greatest for the low-income, Hispanic and African-American Californians who are at highest risk of diabetes, according to a new analysis led by researchers at UC San Francisco.
Over the course of the next decade, lowered incidence of these diseases would save over half a billion dollars in medical costs, concluded the research team, which includes members from Oregon State University and the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131216183853.htm
Grr! It's not just about sugar!!! 😡
Over the course of the next decade, lowered incidence of these diseases would save over half a billion dollars in medical costs, concluded the research team, which includes members from Oregon State University and the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131216183853.htm
Grr! It's not just about sugar!!! 😡