Mass General Brigham Links 1 Daily Sugary Drink to 2.45-Fold Higher Gastric Cancer Risk
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 19
Mass General Brigham Links 1 Daily Sugary Drink to 2.45-Fold Higher Gastric Cancer Risk
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 19
Summary
More than 100,000 participants in two long-running U.S. cohort studies showed people drinking at least one sugary beverage a day had a 2.45-times higher gastric cancer risk than those drinking fewer than one per month.
Women consuming more than one sugary drink daily faced an even steeper increase—more than triple the gastric cancer rate—while higher fructose intake consistently tracked with more cases.
Artificially sweetened drinks showed no increased gastric cancer link, and a subset analysis found no connection between sugary-drink intake and H. pylori, pointing researchers toward sugar itself as a possible factor.
Andrew T. Chan said the findings may help explain rising gastrointestinal cancers, especially in people under 50, but stressed the observational study shows association rather than causation.
The team said the results need confirmation in more diverse populations because the cohorts were predominantly White healthcare professionals; CDC data show 63% of U.S. adults consume sugar-sweetened beverages daily.