Posted on 03/17/2015 4:10:24 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Older adults who drink diet soda may experience greater increases in their waist size over a decade than those who do not drink diet soda, according to a new study.
Researchers found that the average increase in waist circumference among the people in the study who drank diet soda daily was more than triple that of the people who did not drink diet soda. Among the people who drank diet soda only occasionally, the increase was more than double that of those who did not drink diet soda.
"The more people drank diet sodas, the more their waistlines expanded," said study author Sharon Fowler, a researcher at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Over the nine-year study, the waist size of the people who didn't drink any soda increased by an average of 0.8 inches. The average increase was 1.83 inches among those who drank diet soda occasionally, and 3.16 inches among those who drank it daily, according to the study.
In the study, the researchers followed a total of 749 Mexican Americans and European Americans who were 65 or older when the study started. The researchers asked them about their diet soda intake, and measured their waist circumference, height and weight when the study began, and at three follow-up points during the study period. [5 Experts Answer: Is Diet Soda Bad For You?]
Increased belly fat, which is usually what causes increased waist circumference, may raise people's risk of cardiovascular disease and other health issues because it increases inflammation, Fowler said.
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I was never a big sweet drink fan.
Good, old fashioned naturally healthy BEER works for me!
Diet Dr. Pepper?
Probably because they think, “I’m drinking a diet soda, so I can go ahead and pig out on all this red meat...”
As usual, no bachup data to support story.
s/b, “Higher age linked to belly fat in adults”.
Exactly!
These guys are idiots.... people who drink diet colas are likely to be prone to obesity to begin with.
I love the people that order double-cheeseburgers and large fries and a diet coke.
I KNEW it !
I have only seen Fat Girls drinking Diet Soda, ergo, Diet Soda makes them Fat.
back to my scotch now...
diet soda tastes like Dirt ,horrible stuff
This is what passes for science these days? We should be shocked that people who are overweight prefer Diet Coke? We are supposed to assume that Diet Coke is the reason they are fat?
Give me a break. If this wasn’t FR I would have added an adjective.
First it was “BIG EGG”.
Now it is “BIG DIET SODA”.
Here “they” come again.
One would think there are too many other variables to simply come to this conclusion. Most people who drink diet consistently probably do so because they eat too much. One would have to feed control group the same diet to each participant daily to assume the reason is diet soda.
Maybe it’s junk food like this is junk science
If there’s no tea, I do that only because I don’t like HFCS sweetened sodas.
But I also ride my mountain bike about 10 miles a day...
Now the fat folks who do this, that’s who you’re aiming for I bet.
Just in...Diet pills are fattening.
You nailed it. I was talking to my doctor who stated the same thing when I asked him about a couple of those studies. He said he ignored most of them unless they were replicated two or three times.
Yep. I shulda included that.
Coincidence is not causation.
Sheesh.
Ice water for me...about 6 big glasses full a day.
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