The Study
Sugary drink consumption and risk of cancer: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort
This study is like noticing that people who drink more sugary drinks tend to get more cancer. It shows a pattern, but it doesn't prove the drinks cause cancer because there could be other reasons for the pattern.
Analysis score
Maximum 72 for a cohort study.
Where the score came from
Scientists followed over 100,000 people for 5 years and found that drinking more sugary drinks was linked to getting more cancers.
Where does this study sit?
Reviews of RCTs (Meta-analyses)
Max 100Randomized Trials
Max 90Reviews of Cohort Studies
Max 85Cohort Studies
Max 72Reviews of Case-Control Studies
Max 63Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional & Case Series
Max 50Expert Opinion
Max 558 / 100
Quality score
Groups of people are followed over time to see who develops an outcome. Strong for identifying risk factors and associations, but cannot prove causation as firmly as RCTs.
Key takeaways
Summary
Based on the study abstract and findings.
- 1This means if your daily cancer risk was 1%, drinking an extra small glass daily could make it 1.18%
- 2For every extra small glass (100mL) of sugary drinks per day, people had 18% higher chance of getting any cancer and 22% higher chance of breast cancer.
Score breakdown, methodology, conflicts of interest, evidence analysis & raw study data
Publication
Journal
The BMJ
Year
2019
Authors
E. Chazelas, B. Srour, E. Desmetz, E. Kesse‐Guyot, C. Julia, V. Deschamps, N. Druesne-Pecollo, P. Galan, S. Hercberg, P. Latino-Martel, M. Deschasaux, M. Touvier
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Claims (6)
Drinking sugary drinks quickly puts a lot of sugar into your blood, which can create conditions in your body that might help cancer grow because these drinks don't have fiber, don't make you feel full, and get absorbed really fast.
Drinking more fruit juice every day might raise your chance of getting cancer by 12% for each extra 100 mL you drink, because it has a lot of sugar like soda does.
Drinking sugary drinks might increase your chance of getting cancer because of the sugar they contain. For every extra spoonful of sugar you drink daily, your cancer risk could go up by 16%. When scientists looked just at the sugar part, the link between sugary drinks and cancer disappeared, which points to sugar as the main reason for this connection.
Drinking more sugary drinks, like soda and fruit juice, might raise your chance of getting cancer by 18% for every extra 100 mL you drink each day, according to a big study that followed over 100,000 adults in France for about 5 years.
Drinking more sugary drinks might raise the chance of getting breast cancer, especially in younger women who haven't gone through menopause. For every extra small cup (100 mL) per day, the risk goes up by about 22%.
Drinking diet sodas and other artificially sweetened drinks doesn't seem to raise your cancer risk based on this study, but they didn't look at people who drank a lot of them.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making health decisions.