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Women -- even those of normal weight -- who drink two or more sweetened (carbonated sodas or flavored waters with added sugar) drinks per day appear to be at higher risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to a new study by the American Heart Association.
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City compared middle-aged and older women who consumed two or more sugar-sweetened drinks to women who drank one or fewer per day.
They found that women who drank two or more such drinks a day were significantly more likely to develop larger waists, and they were also nearly four times as likely to develop high triglycerides, a type of blood fat linked to increased risk of heart disease.
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