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Better drinks, lower diabetes risk: a cohort puts beverage quality to the test
A prospective analysis in the Mexican Teachers’ Cohort evaluates whether a higher Beverage Quality Index—capturing overall beverage patterns rather than single drinks—tracks with lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes in women. The study’s central contribution is framing beverage intake as a composite exposure, aligning diabetes prevention research with how people actually consume mixtures of beverages across the day, and linking that pattern-level measure to incident diabetes risk.
Why it might matter to you:
If your work touches diabetes risk stratification or prevention, a pattern-based beverage metric can be easier to operationalize than isolated “soda vs. no soda” comparisons and may better support counseling and intervention design. It also suggests a practical way to evaluate beverage-focused policy or lifestyle programs using a single, interpretable score.
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