November 16/Orlando/MedPage Today -- Researchers have found that women who regularly drink sugary beverages may be increasing their cardiovascular risk, A longitudinal study showed that those who reported drinking at least two sugar-sweetened beverages every day were more likely to gain weight, increase waist size and develop impaired glucose tolerance, according to Christina Shay, Ph.D., of the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City.
The same associations were not seen in men, which suggests that the factors responsible for the relationship between sugary drinks and cardiovascular disease differ between the sexes, Shay reported at the American Heart Association meeting here.