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...surprise us that the association between moderate alcohol consumption and risk of developing obesity was so strong,” said JoAnn E. Manson ’75, a Medical School and School of Public Health professor and one of the study’s authors...
While the study provides a favorable reason for drinking, the researchers emphasized that people should extrapolate from these findings with caution. Manson said that the alcohol amount should be kept moderate, accompanied by healthy eating and regular exercise...
...point is that people should definitely not begin drinking for the express purpose of weight control,” Manson said, referencing the host of health problems that have been shown to be associated with alcohol consumption in women...
...less likely to be overweight and nearly 70% less likely to be obese than nondrinkers, the team found. "We certainly don't want to encourage nondrinkers to adopt alcohol as a method for weight control, but we were surprised by the strength of the association," says Dr. JoAnn Manson, chief of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women's and a co-author of the study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. (See the top 10 bad beverage ideas...
...loss in caloric intake. But more research is needed to determine exactly how women process alcohol and the different ways in which the liquid calories are absorbed by the body. "It's very likely there is a combination of physiologic, metabolic and some behavioral changes," says Manson regarding the association between drinking and weight. (See reviews of 50 American wines...