It’s hardly shocking, but a National Institutes of Health funded study finds that people with a genetic proclivity for obesity who drink sugar-sweetened beverages are more likely to gain weight than those without those traits. Other research has showed that switching to diet drinks from a sugary ones may help kids control weight gain.
Additional Resources:
- Review of recent obesity studies, New England Journal of Medicine
View the original article here: Association between obesity and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages
