Soda studies: money talks.Soft drinks look better in studies that are funded by the soda industry, say researchers at Yale University Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1702, moved (1707) to Saybrook (now Old Saybrook), and in 1716 was . Industry-funded studies find that (non-diet) soft drinks have less impact on obesity obesity, condition resulting from excessive storage of fat in the body. Obesity has been defined as a weight more than 20% above what is considered normal according to standard age, height, and weight tables, or by a complex formula known as the body mass index. than other studies find. People who drink more non-diet soda also have a higher risk of diabetes, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the only diabetes study reviewed by the researchers (it wasn't industry-funded). What to do: Don't drink your calories (from any beverage, including fruit juice) if you're watching your weight. If you drink soft drinks, consider switching to diet soda The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . Am. J. Public Health |
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