Switching daily beer or soda for water cuts risk of obesity

PORTO - Researchers from Spain also find that swapping one sugary soft drink for water each day cuts risk of obesity by 15%. Replacing a beer with a glass of water every day could cut people’s chances of becoming obese by 20% on average, according to a study.

Researchers from the University of Navarra in Spain found that the same holds true for sugary soft drinks having a water each day instead cut the risk of obesity among more than 16,000 participants in the study by 15%.

The study, the results of which were presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Porto, Portugal, used mathematical modelling to calculate the impact of changing the drinking habits of university graduates. Exchanging water for beer or sugary soft drinks such as colas reduced the likelihood that they would become obese.

Swapping wine for water did not have an effect.