Experts want soft-drink producers to use less sugar

What you drink may be more important than what you eat, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

 Researchers believe that soft drink producers should pay more attention to the fact that drinks with a high sugar-contant may be responsible for extreme weight gain. Experts found that the relationship between beverage consumption among adults and weight change and found that weight loss was positively associated with a reduction in liquid calorie consumption and liquid calorie intake had a stronger impact on weight than solid calorie intake. The results are published in the April 1, 2009, issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “Both liquid and solid calories were associated with weight change, however, only a reduction in liquid calorie intake was shown to significantly affect weight loss during the 6-month follow up,” said Benjamin Caballero MD, PhD, senior author of the study and a professor with the Bloomberg School’s Department of International Health.