Giving Compass' Take:

• In this story from Business Insider, author Hilary Brueck discusses recent evidence which suggests that sugary drinks are correlated with early deaths from heart disease, cancer, and more.

• Does this evidence provide new insight on the danger of sugary drinks? How might health advocates use this information to persuade the public?

• To learn about how some schools have banned smoothies in their fight against obesity, click here.

Scientists have found even more evidence that it's time to ditch the soda, put down the lemonade, and drop the sugary coffee. These sweet drinks taste good, but they may also set drinkers up for an early death.

A 34-year study of more than 118,000 men and women across the US released Monday in the journal Circulation suggests that people who drink more sugar-sweetened beverages are more likely to die from all sorts of things, especially from heart problems and cancers, and that diet soda and sugar substitutes may not be much better when consumed in large doses.

Scientists have long known that sugary drinks can contribute to weight gain, diabetes, heart disease, and strokes, but the latest evidence that these drinks can be deadly is the most damning so far.

The findings related to cancer deaths were especially surprising to the study's lead author, Vasanti Malik, a research scientist in the Department of Nutrition in the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.

"It makes sense," she told Business Insider. "When we looked at the different types of cancers, that association was driven by breast and colon cancer, which are diet/obesity-related cancers."

Read the full article about sugary drinks by Hilary Brueck at Business Insider.