Even more drinks and sugary ice cream: global warming could degrade health by increasing sugar consumption, especially among the most disadvantaged social categories, according to a study dedicated to the United States, published on Monday, September 8.
“Its environment undoubtedly influences what you eat and the way you eat, and climate change is one of them, with the ability to negatively influence your health,” said the Chan duo, a researcher at the University of Southampton and co -author of the study published in the journal Nature.
Heat increases the need for hydration, which can push towards refrigerated and sweet products, particularly in regions accustomed to this type of consumption. However, excessive consumption of added sugar is associated with serious health problems: obesity, diabetes, cardiac pathologies …
Consumption habits analyzed
To assess how climatic variations can influence aggregate sugar intake, researchers have analyzed purchase for food for the US home.
Main conclusion of its modeling: the consumption of sugar added increases by 0.70 grams per person per day for each temperature increase of a degree of Celsius, in a fork of 12 to 30 degrees, mainly due to the highest levels of consumption of sugary drinks, such as soft drinks and glazed juices and values.
This effect is even more important among homes with a low level of income or education. In the worst climatic scenarios, the most disadvantaged could consume up to 5 grams of additional sugar per day by the end of the century, the main author of the study, of the University of Cardiff.
The American Heart Association recommends that men do not consume more than 36 grams of sugar added per day and women do not exceed 24 grams. However, a soda can already contain about 40 grams of sugar.
Raise deaths to bad diet
Most states are already consuming two or three times more than the recommended amount, according to AHA. Another result of the study: the increase in sugar consumption has stabilized when temperatures exceeded 30 ° C.
The hypothesis of the Chan duo is that interested people had already changed their diet at a lower temperature, which he considers “even more worrying.”
A poor diet is one of the four main risk factors for diseases not transmitted, such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular pathologies, responsible for more than 70% of deaths worldwide and increase, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Source: BFM TV
