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A drink you buy at Starbucks could contain up to 25 teaspoons of sugar per serving, according to a new report by British campaign group Action on Sugar.
That's three times the amount of sugar in one can of Coke, and more than three times the maximum adult daily intake recommended by the American Heart Association. In a response to the report, Starbucks says it has committed to reduce sugar in its "indulgent drinks" by 25 percent% by the end of 2020.
The research focused on drinks sold in the UK, but nutritional information published on the companies' website show that sugar levels are similar in the U.S. and elsewhere.
To find out what sugary hot drinks are doing to our bodies, CNN spoke to endocrinologist and obesity expert Dr. Tony Goldstone from Imperial College London. We asked him to lay out the health risks in the short, medium and long term.
Your body after 10 years
After a decade of one drink like this a day you may have put on 10 kilos (22 lbs), and if you're middle aged then you are significantly increasing your risk of diabetes, says Goldstone.
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