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22 mar 2023 · Here are eight ways alcohol can impede you on your weight loss journey, and what you should drink instead. Alcohol plays a large role in weight loss and weight management.
There are several lines of evidence suggesting the potential for alcohol to promote weight gain, and the contradictory results often seen in the literature have led to the development of alternative hypotheses regarding the influence of alcohol on body weight.
21 kwi 2020 · Alcohol is high in calories and may interfere with weight loss. While cutting down on alcohol or not drinking at all will not necessarily produce weight loss immediately, it can be a good...
Research is warranted that examines mediators underlying the effects of alcohol on weight loss efforts, such as impulsivity, food choices, and physical activity. These results indicate that abstaining from alcohol offers some modest benefits for long-term weight control.
4 kwi 2016 · Despite common wisdom that reducing alcohol intake will facilitate weight loss, little research has examined whether participants in behavioral weight loss treatments actually decrease their alcohol intake, or whether reduced alcohol intake relates to weight loss outcomes in this context.
Studies of body composition of 34 male alcoholics vs. weight-matched controls showed that the alcoholics had significantly lower body fat mass (although a higher waist to hip ratio), suggesting that they were less capable of storing ethanol-derived calories as fat compared with controls (5).
24 paź 2023 · After adjusting for sociodemographic and health-related variables in Model 3, harmful alcohol consumption (AUDIT-C score ≥ 5) was associated with a 24% increase in the risk of obesity/overweight compared to nonharmful alcohol consumption (OR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.04, 1.49, p = 0.018).