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Letter: Fluid situation

Published 3 April 2013

From Richard Laming, British Soft Drinks Association

The claim that 184,000 deaths a year can be associated with sugary drinks is more sensationalism than science (23 March, p 5).

The study cited has not yet been peer-reviewed or published, and the report does not contain any evidence to show that consuming sugary soft drinks is the cause of chronic diseases.

London, UK

Issue no. 2911 published 6 April 2013

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