Study shows drinking sugary beverages and lack of sleep worsens covid-19 outcomes
Drink less sugar-sweetened beverages and get more sleep to reduce negative covid-19 outcomes.
Interesting study on the CDC website from November 2021 titled Health-Related Behaviors and Odds of COVID-19 Hospitalization in a Military Population.
It found those who have less than 7 hours sleep a night and drank three or more sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) a week were more likely to have worse covid-19 outcomes.
Adjusting for baseline characteristics and other health-related behaviors, cases were more likely than controls to report fewer than 7 hours of sleep, compared with 7 to 9 hours (OR = 1.84; 95% CI, 1.07–3.16), and were more likely than controls to consume 3 or more SSBs per week, compared with fewer than 3 SSBs (OR = 1.74; 95% CI, 1.03–2.92). In a dose–response relationship, higher SSB consumption was associated with greater odds of being hospitalized (P value for trend = .02).
Conclusion:
Interventions that address short sleep duration and SSB consumption may reduce morbidity from COVID-19 among military service members and potentially in the broader US population.
Link to study:
https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2021/21_0222.htm
h/t to High Intensity Health: