Diet drinks work as well as water for weight loss, major trial finds

A two-year randomized clinical trial of 493 adults with overweight or obesity found that diet soft drinks sweetened with aspartame, acesulfame-K, or sucralose were essentially as effective as water for long-term weight loss and weight maintenance. Both groups also showed improvements in waist size, body composition, and several metabolic measures.

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