Association Between Soft Drink Consumption and Mortality in 10 European Countries

Soft drinks are frequently consumed, but whether this consumption is associated with mortality risk is unknown and has been understudied in European populations to date.To examine the association between total, sugar-sweetened, and artificially sweetened soft drink consumption and subsequent total and cause-specific mortality.This population-based cohort study involved participants (n = 451 743 of the full cohort) in the European Prospective...