Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Soft drinks weight gain warning

US researchers were assessing if home deliveries of 'healthy' drinks such as bottled water helped.

The study, published in Pediatrics, showed those who did not receive such drinks put on weight by about a pound per month.

In the US study, researchers from the Children's Hospital Boston studied 103 children aged 13 to 18. Half received weekly deliveries of healthy drinks.

At the end of six months, those receiving deliveries had cut their consumption of sugary drinks by 82%, while that of the other group remained unchanged.

Researchers found that the heavier the teenager had been initially, the stronger the effect on

Dr Cara Ebbeling, who led the study, said: "Sugary beverages have no nutritional value and seem to make a huge contribution to weight gain."

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