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  Sugar may be sweet, but the health effects of eating sugar are not. Drinking lots of sugar can lead to serious health effects.  Did you know...
- Drinking large amounts of sugary drinks can increase the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes*, heart disease, and gout.**
- A child’s risk of becoming obese increases by 60% with each additional sugar-sweetened beverage consumed daily.
- Drinking just one 12-ounce can of a sugary drink per day can mean gaining 15 extra pounds per year.
- Children who drink carbonated sugary drinks have almost double the risk of dental issues like cavities and tooth decay.
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* Type 2 diabetes is a disease where the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar and
can result in blindness, lower limb amputation, heart attack, impotence, and death. ** Gout is a form of arthritis that causes sudden, severe attacks of pain, redness and
tenderness in joints, often the joint at the base of the big toe.
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Boston
Public Health Commission
1010 Massachusetts Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02118.
Phone:(617) 534-5395 Email: info@bphc.org
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