Diet Soda Frequency Linked To Waist Size Increases
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 11:20
in Health & Medicine
When people start to put on weight do they drink diet soda more often, or does diet soda lead to weight increases?A new observational study says San Antonio men and women ages 65 and older got fat because of diet soda. The San Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging (SALSA), led by Helen P. Hazuda, Ph.D., professor of medicine in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, gathered data on health status and lifestyles of 749 Mexican-American and European-American elders, then tracked the health outcomes in 466 survivors for more than nine years. read more