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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
Volume 89, Issue 5, Pages 1299-1306Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27240
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- NIH [UO1 HL60570, UO1 HL60571, UO1 HL60573, UO1 HL60574, UO1 HL62828]
- Center for Human Nutrition
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [U01HL060573, U01HL062828, U01HL060570, U01HL060571, U01HL060574] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Background: Consumption of liquid calories from beverages has increased in parallel with the obesity epidemic in the US population, but their causal relation remains unclear. Objective: The objective of this study was to examine how changes in beverage consumption affect weight change among adults. Design: This was a prospective study of 810 adults participating in the PREMIER trial, an 18-mo randomized, controlled, behavioral intervention trial. Measurements (weight, height, and 24-h dietary recall) were made at baseline, 6 mo, and 18 mo. Results: Baseline mean intake of liquid calories was 356 kcal/d (19% of total energy intake). After potential confounders and intervention assignment were controlled for, a reduction in liquid calorie intake of 100 kcal/d was associated with a weight loss of 0.25 kg (95% CI: 0.11, 0.39; P < 0.001) at 6 mo and of 0.24 kg (95% CI: 0.06, 0.41; P = 0.008) at 18 mo. A reduction in liquid calorie intake had a stronger effect than did a reduction in solid calorie intake on weight loss. Of the individual beverages, only intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) was significantly associated with weight change. A reduction in SSB intake of 1 serving/d was associated with a weight loss of 0.49 kg (95% CI: 0.11, 0.82; P = 0.006) at 6 mo and of 0.65 kg (95% CI: 0.22, 1.09; P = 0.003) at 18 mo. Conclusions: These data support recommendations to limit liquid calorie intake among adults and to reduce SSB consumption as a means to accomplish weight loss or avoid excess weight gain. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00000616. Am J Clin Nutr 2009;89:1299-306.
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