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When it comes to losing weight, paying attention to drinking may be more important than food, according to new research, in which it has been found that reducing sugar-laden beverages, is associated directly with the weight loss and appears to have a major impact on reducing weight than solid foods.

“The consumption of liquid calories in beverages has increased in parallel with the obesity epidemic in the U.S. population,” Dr. Benjamin Caballero of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and colleagues point in the journal American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

“Our study supports the recommendations to political and public health efforts to reduce the intake of liquid calories, especially sugar-sweetened beverages in the general population.”

The researchers examined how changes in beverage consumption by more than 18 months affect body weight of 810 adults who participated in a behavioral intervention study.

Thus sugar-sweetened beverages were the main source of liquid calories used among study subjects.

In general, researchers found that reducing calories from liquids is associated with a weight loss of 0.6 lbs (0.25 kg) at 6 months and 0.5 lbs (0.24 kg) over 18 months.

The results “support the recommendations to limit calorie intake among adults and liquid sugar to reduce the consumption of sweetened beverages as a means to achieve weight loss or preventing overweight, the researchers conclude.