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"Does even Diet Coke make you fat?" asks the Mail Online. The question is prompted by the results of a large US study involving more than 23,000 US adults. It found that people who were overweight or obese drank more sugar-free drinks than people who were a healthy weight.
Researchers believe this could indicate that these people were more conscious of calorie counting.
However, the study also found that obese or overweight people who consumed sugar-free drinks tended to eat more food. This brought their total daily calorie intake up to the level of overweight and obese people who consumed sugar-sweetened drinks.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/01January/Pages/Do-diet-drinks-really-make-you-fatter.aspx
Researchers believe this could indicate that these people were more conscious of calorie counting.
However, the study also found that obese or overweight people who consumed sugar-free drinks tended to eat more food. This brought their total daily calorie intake up to the level of overweight and obese people who consumed sugar-sweetened drinks.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/01January/Pages/Do-diet-drinks-really-make-you-fatter.aspx