Soft drink consumption associated with a higher prevalence and incidence of multiple metabolic risk factors
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Although soft drink consumption has been linked to obesity in children and adolescents, raised triglycerides and potentially detrimental changes in gut biota, its association to increased metabolic risk in middle-aged subjects is still unclear. In this study, the relation of metabolic syndrome and its components to soft drink consumption was investigated in 6039 person-observations, with a mean age of 52.9 years, from the Framingham Heart Study who were free of baseline metabolic syndrome. Adjusted multivariable model analysis revealed that subjects consuming ≥1 soft drink per day had a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome than subjects consuming less than 1 soft drink per day. Furthermore, on follow-up, consumption of ≥1 soft drink per day was associated with increased odds of developing metabolic syndrome, obesity, increased waist circumference, impaired fasting glucose, higher blood pressure, hypertriglyceridaemia and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol compared to consumption of less than 1 soft drink per year. In conclusion, soft drink consumption appears to be associated with higher incidence and prevalence of multiple metabolic risk factors in middle-aged adults.
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