{"id":1180,"date":"2014-01-25T10:35:59","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T23:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2014-01-26T07:21:55","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T20:21:55","slug":"diet-drinks-are-compensated-by-obese-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=1180","title":{"rendered":"Diet drinks are compensated for by obese people"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Large study N=23,000<\/li>\n<li>Diet soda drinkers eat more calories from food that regular soda drinkers<\/li>\n<li>A link between artificial sweeteners to greater activation of reward centres in the brain may explain why they found higher consumption of solid food among heavy adults who drink diet beverages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/Science-Nutrition\/Food-compensation-means-diet-drinks-are-not-a-weight-loss-solution-warn-researchers\/\">http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/Science-Nutrition\/Food-compensation-means-diet-drinks-are-not-a-weight-loss-solution-warn-researchers\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 31px; color: #2d578d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: normal;\">Food &#8216;compensation&#8217; means diet drinks are not a weight loss solution, warn researchers<\/h1>\n<div class=\"author_info\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;\"><a class=\"comment_l\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d; background-image: url('http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/extension\/custom_implement\/design\/news_site\/images\/sprites\/icons.png'); padding: 0px 0px 4px 28px; float: right; font-size: 14px; background-position: 0px -908px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/Science-Nutrition\/Food-compensation-means-diet-drinks-are-not-a-weight-loss-solution-warn-researchers\/?utm_source=newsletter_weekly&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BWeekly&amp;c=LJYfE2HPSTKtoNSOqpVYkVWgprWzDyEx#\">Post a comment<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_pict\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; float: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"outline: none; position: static;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/var\/plain_site\/storage\/images\/users\/editorial\/nathan-gray\/2283112-2-eng-GB\/Nathan-GRAY_dnm_author_pict.jpg\" width=\"70\" height=\"64\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"author\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: #666666;\">By\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/108606440287543281078?rel=author\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Gray+<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: #666666;\">22-Jan-2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; clear: both; color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"large_image\" style=\"outline: none; position: relative; margin: 0px; padding: 1px; border: 1px solid #f0f0f0; color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; vertical-align: top;\" title=\"Overweight people who drink more sugar-free and diet sodas counterbalance their lower caloric intake by consuming more sweet snacks, warn the researchers,\" alt=\"Overweight people who drink more sugar-free and diet sodas counterbalance their lower caloric intake by consuming more sweet snacks, warn the researchers,\" src=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/var\/plain_site\/storage\/images\/publications\/food-beverage-nutrition\/foodnavigator.com\/science-nutrition\/food-compensation-means-diet-drinks-are-not-a-weight-loss-solution-warn-researchers\/8714859-1-eng-GB\/Food-compensation-means-diet-drinks-are-not-a-weight-loss-solution-warn-researchers_strict_xxl.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" style=\"outline: none; position: absolute; margin: 0px; padding: 15px; width: 580px; bottom: 1px; color: #ffffff; text-shadow: #000000 0px 1px 0px; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Overweight people who drink more sugar-free and diet sodas counterbalance their lower caloric intake by consuming more sweet snacks, warn the researchers,<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related_subjects\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;\">\n<p class=\"topics\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: #666666;\">Related tags:\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/content\/search?SearchText=diet+soda&amp;FromNews\">Diet soda<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/content\/search?SearchText=sugar+sweetened+beverages&amp;FromNews\">Sugar sweetened beverages<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/content\/search?SearchText=calories&amp;FromNews\">Calories<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/content\/search?SearchText=sugar&amp;FromNews\">Sugar<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/content\/search?SearchText=sweeteners&amp;FromNews\">Sweeteners<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"topics\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: #666666;\">Related topics:\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/On-your-radar\/Sugar-salt-and-fat-reduction\">Sugar, salt and fat reduction<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/Science-Nutrition\">Science &amp; Nutrition<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/Product-Categories\/Carbohydrates-and-fibres-sugar-starches\">Carbohydrates and fibres (sugar, starches)<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/Product-Categories\/Sweeteners-intense-bulk-polyols\">Sweeteners (intense, bulk, polyols)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story\" id=\"story\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;\">\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.6em;\">Overweight and obese adults who drink sugar-free or diet beverages consume more calories from food than overweight people who drink regular soda, according to new data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news_info\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; padding: 0px; max-width: 162px; float: right;\">\n<div class=\"embed_related_news\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">\n<h4 style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;\"><span class=\"color_1\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #ff9300;\">RELATED NEWS:<\/span><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-color: #f0f0f0; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/Science-Nutrition\/Diet-drinks-and-satiety-Kids-don-t-compensate-for-missing-calories-from-other-sources-says-study\">Diet drinks and satiety: Kids don\u2019t compensate for missing calories from other sources, says study<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"outline: none; 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position: static; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left;\">\n<div id=\"sas_embed_Skyscraper1\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">\n<table class=\"skyscraper\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; width: 120px;\">\n<tbody style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">\n<tr style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">\n<td class=\"skyscraper\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 20px 20px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\"><a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/sas.decisionnews.com\/diff\/86\/2923931\/go0.asp?2923931%3B25880%3B1112281415658627860%3B1411024637%3BS%3Bsystemtarget=%24qc%3d1307678120%3b%24ql%3dmedium%3b%24qpc%3d2000%3b%24qpp%3d0%3b%24qt%3d164_988_4785t%3b%24b%3d16310%3b%24o%3d11061%3b%24sh%3d768%3b%24sw%3d1280%3B9553044%3Bclickvars=\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"img9553044\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; border-style: none;\" alt=\"Food Vision\" src=\"http:\/\/ced.sascdn.com\/diff\/86\/2923931\/FV_Skyscraper.gif\" width=\"160\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">The results of a large US-based study involving more than 23,000 adults has suggested that people who are overweight or\u00a0obese\u00a0drink more sugar-free beverages than people of a healthy weight. However, the study which examined patterns in adult diet beverage consumption and calorie intake, also found that overweight and obese adults who drink diet beverages consume more calories from food than obese or overweight adults who drink &#8216;regular soda&#8217; or other sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) &#8211; thus counterbalancing any reduction in calorie intake from drinking the sugar-free beverage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\"><i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">&#8220;Although overweight and obese adults who drink diet soda eat a comparable amount of total calories as heavier adults who drink sugary beverages, they consume significantly more calories from solid food at both meals and snacks,&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0explained Dr Sara Bleich an associate professor with the Bloomberg School&#8217;s Department of Health Policy and Management and lead author of the paper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">Writing in the\u00a0<i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">American Journal of Public Health,\u00a0<\/i>Bleich and her colleagues suggested that earlier research linking artificial sweeteners to greater activation of reward centres in the brain may explain why they found higher consumption of solid food among heavy adults who drink diet beverages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\"><b style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">Study details<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">The team used data 23,965 participants who took part in the 1999-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to investigate national patterns in adult diet beverage consumption and caloric intake by body-weight status.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">Overall the team found that 11% of healthy-weight, 19% of overweight, and 22% of obese adults drink diet beverages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">While this data supports the notion that obese and overweight people wish to monitor caloric intake and reduce their weight, the team also found that overweight and obese drinking diet beverages consumed\u00a0<i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">&#8220;significantly more solid-food calories and a comparable total calories than overweight and obese adults who drink SSBs.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">Bleich and her colleagues added that although total caloric intake was higher among adults consuming sugar-sweetened beverages compared with diet beverages (2351 kcal\/day vs 2203 kcal\/day;\u00a0P\u2009=\u2009.005), this difference was only significant for healthy-weight adults (2302 kcal\/day vs 2095 kcal\/day;\u00a0P\u2009&lt;\u2009.001)<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\"><i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">&#8220;Among overweight and obese adults, calories from solid-food consumption were higher among adults consuming diet beverages compared with SSBs,&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0they said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">As a result, the team suggested that adults who drink diet beverages will need to reduce solid-food calorie consumption to lose weight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\"><i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">&#8220;Overweight and obese adults looking to lose or maintain their weight &#8211; who have already made the switch from sugary to diet beverages &#8211; may need to look carefully at other components of their solid-food diet, particularly sweet snacks, to potentially identify areas for modification,&#8221;<\/i>Bleich added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">Source:\u00a0<i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">American Journal of Public Health<\/i><br style=\"outline: none; position: static;\" \/>Published online ahead of print, doi:\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/ajph.aphapublications.org\/doi\/abs\/10.2105\/AJPH.2013.301556\" target=\"_blank\">10.2105\/AJPH.2013.301556<\/a>\u00a0<br style=\"outline: none; position: static;\" \/><i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">&#8220;Diet-Beverage Consumption and Caloric Intake Among US Adults, Overall and by Body Weight&#8221;<\/i><br style=\"outline: none; position: static;\" \/>Authors: Sara N. 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