SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGES CONSUMPTION LINKED TO HIGHER RISK OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS.

The article focuses on the study conducted by researchers from Louisiana State University (LSU) health sciences center led by Liwei Chen on the effect of sugar-sweetened cola to gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) risk in pregnant women in the U.S. It says that the study showed that high consumption of sugar-sweetened cola can increase the risk for the development of diabetes during pregnancy. According to Chen, the reduction of sugary drinks can lower the said pregnancy complication.