.. eli sellaisiin kuten aivohalvaus, sydäninfarkti ja sydänpysähdys - sekä diabetekseen. Laskivat, että 20 prosentin vähennys pakattujen ruokien ja sokeristen juomien sokerimäärästä ehkäisisi 2,48 miljoonaa sv-tautitapahtumaa, 490 000 sv-tautikuolemaa ja 750 000 diabetestapausta.
The Harvard Gazette: Reducing sugar in packaged foods can prevent disease in millionsLainaa:
20 percent of sugar from packaged foods and 40 percent from beverages could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease events (such as strokes, heart attacks, cardiac arrests), 490,000 cardiovascular deaths, and 750,000 diabetes cases in the U.S. over the lifetime of the adult population, reports a study published in Circulation.
A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOH) created a model to simulate and quantify the health, economic, and equity impacts of a pragmatic sugar-reduction policy proposed by the U.S. National Salt and Sugar Reduction Initiative (NSSRI).