Cutting down on sugary drinks might help reduce the global cancer cases

The link might be partly explained by their effect on onset of obesity.

The consumption of sugary drinks has increased worldwide by over 40 per cent from 1990 to 2016. Sugary drink consumption was one of the behavioural risks that contributed to the increase in global attributable death because of lifestyle diseases. Such drinks are associated with obesity, a strong risk factor for many cancers.

A French study, to find a specific association between sugar and cancer, suggests drinks such as colas, lemonade and energy drinks show strong association between sugar induced obesity and cancer. The researchers suggest that there could also be other reasons sugar could trigger cancer. It was found that an