Soft drink: natural or artificial drink with less than 0.5% alcohol by quality. Also known as cool drinks, alcohol - free drinks. The alcohol limit refers to the ethanol solvent or by-product of the production process of lactic acid beverage used to dissolve essence, flavor and pigment.

In a population-based cohort study of 451,743 individuals from 10 countries in Europe, greater consumption of total, sugar-sweetened, and artificially sweetened soft drinks was associated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality.

Consumption of artificially sweetened soft drinks was positively associated with deaths from circulatory diseases, and sugar-sweetened soft drinks were associated with deaths from digestive diseases.

The researchers conclude that the results of this study appear to support ongoing public health measures to reduce the consumption of soft drinks.

Soft drinks, the researchers note, are frequently consumed, but whether this consumption is associated with mortality risk is unknown and has been understudied in European populations to date.

The objective of the study was to examine the association between total, sugar-sweetened, and artificially sweetened soft drink consumption and subsequent total and cause-specific mortality.

The study involved participants in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), an ongoing, large multinational cohort of people from 10 European countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom), with participants recruited between January 1, 1992, and December 31, 2000. Excluded participants were those who reported cancer, heart disease, stroke, or diabetes at baseline; those with implausible dietary intake data; and those with missing soft drink consumption or follow-up information. Data analyses were performed from February 1, 2018, to October 1, 2018.

The results showed a positive correlation between daily consumption of soft drinks and death risk. People who drank two soft drinks a day had a higher risk of dying than those who drank less than one.

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