Friday, September 21, 2012

Providing non-caloric beverages to teens can help them avoid excessive weight gain, study shows

A new study on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) and teens from pediatric obesity expert David Ludwig, MD, PhD, director of New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children's Hospital, published 9/21 in New England Journal of Medicine. Findings show adolescents who eliminated SSBs for one year gained less weight than those who didn't, shedding light on an effective intervention to help combat adolescent obesity.![](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/health_medicine/obesity/~4/gLtMrsFnvdc)

URL: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/health_medicine/obesity/~3/gLtMrsFnvdc/120921162305.htm

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