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Women Who Drink Moderately
Are Less Likely to Gain Weight
Are Less Likely to Gain Weight
A new study has highlighted another benefit of light drinking.
Researchers say women of normal weight who drink moderately are
less likely to become overweight and obese than their non-drinking
counterparts.
The study conducted by Dr Lu Wang and colleagues at Boston
Brigham and Women’s Hospital showed that those who drank the
equivalent of one to two drinks a day were 30 percent less likely to gain
weight than non-drinkers.
The researchers followed more than 19,000 women aged 39 or older
for an average of 13 years. All of the women had a normal body-mass
index at the start of the study.
In an initial questionnaire, the participants were asked about their daily
alcohol consumption.
More than 7,000 women (38.2 percent) reported drinking no alcohol
while more than 6,000 women (32.8 percent) drank the equivalent of
about two alcoholic beverages a week.
Of the rest, 20 percent said they had a drink a day, 6 percent reported
drinking one to two alcoholic beverages daily, and 3 percent said they
drank more than this.
On average, all the participants tended to gain weight over time.
But the study found that those who abstained from drinking gained the
most weight. Those who drank some alcohol but not more than two
drinks daily gained the least.
The researchers said the amount of weight gained decreased as
alcohol consumption went up.
“An inverse association between alcohol intake and risk of becoming
overweight or obese was noted for all four types of alcoholic beverages
(wine, beer and liquor), wit the strongest association found for red
wine and a weak yet significant association for white wine after
multivariate adjustment,” the authors wrote.
But they cautioned that further study was needed before making any
recommendations in light of potential medical and psychological
problems related to drinking.
“Further investigations are warranted to elucidate the role of alcohol
intake and alcohol metabolism in energy balance and to identify
behavioral, psychological and genetic factors that may odify the alcohol
effects,” they concluded.
The study appears in Archives of Internal Medicine.
Researchers say women of normal weight who drink moderately are
less likely to become overweight and obese than their non-drinking
counterparts.
The study conducted by Dr Lu Wang and colleagues at Boston
Brigham and Women’s Hospital showed that those who drank the
equivalent of one to two drinks a day were 30 percent less likely to gain
weight than non-drinkers.
The researchers followed more than 19,000 women aged 39 or older
for an average of 13 years. All of the women had a normal body-mass
index at the start of the study.
In an initial questionnaire, the participants were asked about their daily
alcohol consumption.
More than 7,000 women (38.2 percent) reported drinking no alcohol
while more than 6,000 women (32.8 percent) drank the equivalent of
about two alcoholic beverages a week.
Of the rest, 20 percent said they had a drink a day, 6 percent reported
drinking one to two alcoholic beverages daily, and 3 percent said they
drank more than this.
On average, all the participants tended to gain weight over time.
But the study found that those who abstained from drinking gained the
most weight. Those who drank some alcohol but not more than two
drinks daily gained the least.
The researchers said the amount of weight gained decreased as
alcohol consumption went up.
“An inverse association between alcohol intake and risk of becoming
overweight or obese was noted for all four types of alcoholic beverages
(wine, beer and liquor), wit the strongest association found for red
wine and a weak yet significant association for white wine after
multivariate adjustment,” the authors wrote.
But they cautioned that further study was needed before making any
recommendations in light of potential medical and psychological
problems related to drinking.
“Further investigations are warranted to elucidate the role of alcohol
intake and alcohol metabolism in energy balance and to identify
behavioral, psychological and genetic factors that may odify the alcohol
effects,” they concluded.
The study appears in Archives of Internal Medicine.
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