Energy balance
Consuming sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) increases total energy intake and body weight because humans fail to compensate for liquid calories by reducing solid food intake, unlike when consuming solid foods.
Stop drinking your calories. Replacing sugar-sweetened beverages with water or non-caloric drinks is one of the most effective ways to reduce overall energy intake because your body doesn't naturally compensate by eating less food later. This shift directly addresses the 'liquid energy' problem driving global obesity.
it is apparent that we do not compensate for beverage energies... any type of sweetener with energies in liquid beverages may not suppress intake of solid foods to help maintain energy balance... adding sugar-sweetened beverages to the diet, increasing the amount consumed or replacing water or other non-energetic beverages with these beverages increases energy intake and weight
Why this rating
The paper cites multiple meta-analyses and extensive scholarly work confirming the effect, though it notes industry-funded studies may differ.
Source
Contemporary nutritional transition: determinants of diet and its impact on body composition
Barry M. Popkin · Proceedings of The Nutrition Society · 2010
DOI 10.1017/s0029665110003903
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