CAMPAIGN
Sugary Drinks and Heart Disease
CAMPAIGN
Sugary Drinks and Heart Disease
Youth Lead the Conversation
The Bigger Picture Campaign is a collaboration between Youth Speaks Inc. and UCSF's Center for Vulnerable Populations designed to combat the rising epidemic of type 2 diabetes by empowering youth to change the conversation about the disease, and work to change the social and environmental factors that have led to its spread. Watch videoWhat the beverage industry doesn't want you to know about sugary drinks and heart disease...
People who drink 2 to 3 sodas per day are almost 3 times more likely to die of a heart attack.(1)
Women who drink more than 2 servings daily have a 35% higher risk of heart disease.(2)
After only 2 weeks, young men and women who drink 3 cans of soda daily show a 20% increase in levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood.(3)
About
The Open Truth Campaign is a collaboration between Shape Up San Francisco (project of the Population Health Division of the SFDPH) and The Bigger Picture (Youth Speaks and Center for Vulnerable Populations/UCSF), Alameda County Department of Public Health, Sonoma County Department of Health Services, the American Heart Association Greater Bay Area Division, the Community Engagement and Health Policy Program of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI), at UCSF, and the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California.
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OPEN TRUTH Press Release.2.17.15
Sources
- Yang Q, Zhang Z, Gregg EW, Flanders W, Merritt R, Hu FB. Added Sugar Intake and Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality Among US Adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2014.
- Fung TT, Malik V, Rexrode KM, Manson JE, Willett WC, Hu FB. Sweetened beverage consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in women. Am J Clin Nutr. Apr 2009;89(4):1037-1042.
- Stanhope KL, Bremer AA, Medici V, et al. Consumption of fructose and high fructose corn syrup increase postprandial triglycerides, LDL-cholesterol, and apolipoprotein-B in young men and women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. Oct 2011;96(10):E1596-16051.