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Increased alcohol consumption contributes to weight gain specifically in male students.
Male students should be aware that increased alcohol consumption is linked to weight gain. Female students in this study did not show this specific link.
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An increase of 1 alcohol consumption/week was related with an increase in BMI of 0.30 kg/m2 in boys... but not in girls.
Why this rating
Prospective study, but effect size is small and specific to one gender.
Source
Changes in weight, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and dietary intake during the transition to higher education: a prospective study
Bénédicte Deforche et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12966-015-0173-9
cohort · n=291Cited 368×
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