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22 mar 2023 · Reducing the amount of alcohol you consume may help support weight loss, as it often contains “empty calories” and can impact your organ systems.
Recreational alcohol intake is a widespread activity globally and alcohol energy (7 kcal/g) can be a contributing factor to weight gain if not compensated for. Given that both excessive alcohol intake and obesity are of public health interest, the present paper provides an update on the association between alcohol consumption and body weight.
Alcohol intake was not associated with weight loss at year 1 of the ILI. ILI participants who abstained from alcohol lost 5.1±0.3% of initial weight at year 4, compared to a significantly (p=0.04) smaller 2.4±1.3% for consistent-heavy drinkers.
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).
There is a paradoxical relationship, however, between the amount of alcohol consumed and body weight in chronic or heavy alcohol drinkers (4). In fact, weight loss, loss of temporal fat, peculiar body composition, and malnutrition are commonly observed in chronic drinkers (5).
1 sie 2011 · The role of energy from alcohol in body weight control has been studied using three different approaches: epidemiologic (alcohol intake and body weight), psychophysiologic investigation (alcohol and appetite regulation), and metabolic studies (effects of alcohol intake on energy expenditure and substrate oxidation).
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...
