Climate change may be giving us a sweet tooth. New research shows there has been an increase in sugar consumption as temperatures rise. This poses a risk to public health, as people are drawn to low-nutrient soft drinks in an effort to stay cool.

Sugar, we’re going up

Climate change may lead to a “substantial nationwide increase in added sugar consumption” by 2095, said a study published in the journal Nature . This will happen largely in the form of “higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and frozen desserts.”

Researchers analyzed the relationship between weather and consumer purchases and found that “sugar consumption rose as temperatures moved between 54 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit,” said The Associated Press . The consumption diminished at higher temperatures, h

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