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According to a study, children and adolescents who consume low calorie sweetened drinks consume more calories on a given day than those who drink water.
The study found that teenagers who consumed dietary drinks had about the same number of calories as young people who consumed sugary drinks.
"These findings challenge the utility of sugary drinks with diet or sweetened foods to reduce calories and manage weight," said Allison Sylvetsky, assistant professor at George Washington University and lead author of the study. .
The study examined data from more than 7,000 children and adolescents enrolled in the US National Health and Nutrition Survey conducted from 2011 to 2016.
Children and adolescents reported what they had eaten and drunk for a period of 24 hours. The research team focused on the reported consumption of sugary drinks, those containing low-calorie sweeteners and those containing sugar.
According to the study published in the journal Pediatric, children and teens who reported drinking low-calorie sweetened drinks, such as diet sodas, not only ingest additional calories compared to water drinkers, but also absorb more calories from added sugars to foods and drinks Obesity.
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