Three studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine once again highlight the existence of a link between the consumption of sugary drinks and obesity. In one, the researchers compared two groups made up of a total of 641 children aged 4 to 11 years of normal weight. The first group consumed a quarter of a liter of sugary drinks daily, the other the same amount but of drinks without sugar. At the end of the 18 months, the first group had gained an average of 7.36 kilos against 6.39 kilos for the second.
The other study, involving 33,000 people, concluded that drinking sugary drinks would have an impact on genes affecting weight, amplifying a person’s genetic predispositions to gain weight.
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