A new study sugggests that sugary drink consumption could harm Canadians’ health and cost economy. ( Frank Augstein/AP )Canadians — especially young people — are consuming excessive amounts of sugary drinks, a trend that could have future consequences for their health and the overall health-care system, new research suggests. The University of Waterloo study projects that sugary drink consumption will result in more than 63,000 deaths over the next 25 years and cost the health-care system more than $50 billion. “The health and economic burden from sugary drinks in Canada is alarming,” study co-author Dr. David Hammond, an associate professor in the university’s school of public health and health systems, said in a release Friday. Over the next 25 years, the researchers predict sugary drink consumption will be responsible for obesity in more than three million Canadians; almost a million cases of Type 2 diabetes; 300,000 people with ischemic heart disease; and 100,000 cases of cancer.

Source: thestar February 11, 2017 00:14 UTC