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New study finds link between sugary drinks and stomach cancer

People who consume one or more sugary drinks a day are more than two times at risk for stomach cancer.

· 166 words· updated August 20, 2026 at 01:43 PM
FILE – In this Dec. 25, 2018, file photo a person uses a soda fountain dispenser at the Back Bowl bowling alley in Eagle, Colo. A new study bolsters evidence that soda taxes can reduce sales but whether they influence health remains unclear. The new results were published Tuesday, May 14, 2019, in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
FILE – In this Dec. 25, 2018, file photo a person uses a soda fountain dispenser at the Back Bowl bowling alley in Eagle, Colo. A new study bolsters evidence that soda taxes can reduce sales but whether they influence health remains unclear. The new results were published Tuesday, May 14, 2019, in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

(NewsNation) — A new study by Mass General Bingham points to a link between consumption of sugary drinks and gastric (stomach) cancer.

The study categorized sugary drinks as lemonade, punch, sport drinks and carbonated beverages. The study looked at 112,284 people from the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-Up.

It followed participants over decades, with 278 eventually developing stomach cancer.

The results showed participants who consumed one sugary drink per day were over two times more likely to develop stomach cancer than those who consumed less than one per month.

Sugary drinks had previously been linked to other forms of cancer; breast, liver and colorectum.

According to CDC data , 63 percent of adults consume one or more sugary drinks per day. Stomach cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S.

The study notes limitations and that the cancer diagnosis could have been due to other factors such as family history. Further research is needed in order to officially establish causality.

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