Reply #23: Huffpo screw up science? Perish the thought!

[semillama]

While there may be something to the link with blood sugar, I would like to see a better-designed study on the effect on waist circumference increases. From the UTHSCSA article, here are the factors that were tracked: "The results were adjusted for waist circumference, diabetes status, leisure-time physical activity level, neighborhood of residence, age and smoking status at the beginning of each interval, as well as sex, ethnicity and years of education." Note that diet was not tracked. It would be interesting to see if consumption of diet soda was linked to an attempt to control calories while still eating terrible diets. You know, getting the fast food meal deal with a diet coke...