Sugary beverage intake and preclinical Alzheimer's disease in the community

Introduction Excess sugar consumption has been linked with Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology in animal models. Methods We examined the cross‐sectional association of sugary beverage consumption with neuropsychological ( N = 4276) and magnetic resonance imaging ( N = 3846) markers of preclinical Alzheimer's disease and vascular brain injury (VBI) in the community‐based Framingham Heart Study. Intake of sugary beverages was estimated using a food...