In response to The Relationship of Sugar to Population-Level Diabetes Prevalence: An Econometric Analysis of Repeated Cross-Sectional Data, a correlation study appearing in the February issue of the journal PLoS ONE, the American Beverage Association issued the following statement:
Statement:
This study does not show C or even attempt to show C that consuming sugar causes diabetes. In fact, its most robust finding confirms the well-established relationship between obesity and diabetes risk. Importantly, however, the studys conclusions on sugar and diabetes should be viewed cautiously given that the underlying model failed to consider the potential impact of solid fats C such as butter, cheese and lard C or factor for family history.
