Availability of sugar influences rate of diabetes, study says

Researchers studying 175 countries find that a 150-calorie daily increase in the availability of sugar raises the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes by 1.1%.In a finding certain to put new pressure on the purveyors of sugary foods and drinks, a worldwide analysis shows that regardless of its effect on obesity, the ebb and flow of sugar in a country's diet strongly influences the diabetes rate there.

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