Sweetened beverages and risk of frailty among older women in the Nurses' Health Study: A cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been consistently associated with a higher risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and premature mortality, whereas evidence for artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs) and fruit juices on health is less solid. The aim of this study was to evaluate the consumption of SSBs, ASBs, and fruit juices in association with frailty risk among older women.

Methods and findings

We analyzed data from 71,935 women aged ≥60 (average baseline age was 63) participating in the Nurses' Health Study (NHS), an ongoing cohort study initiated in 1976 among female registered nurses in the United States. Consumption of beverages was derived from 6 repeated food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) administered between 1990

SUBMITTER: Struijk EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7723265 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature