If you choose a glass of water instead of alcoholic drink or a sweetened soda at least once in a day, you can reduce the risk of obesity. Researchers claims.
Researchers followed almost 16,000 adults in Spain for an average of 9.0 years. No one were obese at the start of the study.
During the research, almost 1000 participants became obese. The study found that drinking a glass of water instead of an alcohol daily reduced the risk of obesity by 25 percent.
Switching a sweetened soft drink for water every day is associated with a 15 percent lower risk of developing obesity.
Those who substituted water for beer also had a slight decrease in average weight of 0.7 pounds over four years.
The study cannot prove a direct cause-and-effect link, but the researchers did try to account for other factors that might affect risk, such as age, family history of obesity and physical activity levels.
The researchers also found out that replacing other types of beverages with water didn't reduce obesity risk.
The other beverages included: whole milk, reduced-fat milk, skim milk, wine, spirits, diet sodas, coffee, orange juice, and other juices.
Obesity carries a high risk for the development of other diseases like diabetes or cardiovascular disease, the possible effects of substituting these beverages with water is an important target to consider in future public health research," Researchers said.
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