Sugary Drinks Responsible for 180K Deaths ... Per  Year

25K of those were obese Americans

As the soda wars rage  across the country, a new study finds that 1% of deaths of obese adults  around the world can be blamed on sugary drinks, USA Today reports. That tallied up to 180,000  obesity-related deaths linked to an over-consumption of sweetened beverages in  2010; the figure includes 25,000 dead Americans.

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