The Role of No-Calorie Beverages Within a Weight Loss Program

The Role of No-Calorie Sweetened Beverages Within a Weight Loss Behavior Change Program and During Subsequent Weight Maintenance

The no calorie drink study is looking for over 300 people to participate. The study is evaluating the effect of no calorie beverages on weight loss and weight maintained over time in people who drink diet beverages every day as compared to water only drinkers during the 1 year study period.

This investigation aims to test the hypothesis that the amount of weight lost and maintained over time in an intensive behavioral weight management program will be equivalent in subjects consuming beverages containing no calorie sweeteners as compared to water beverages.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Body Mass Index: 27 - 40 kg/m2
• Must drink no calorie, sweetened drinks

Exclusion Criteria

• Cardiovascular disease
• Uncontrolled blood pressure
• Smoker
• Medications that affecting metabolism
• Oral steroids
• History of stroke or seizures
• Thyroid disease
• Type 1 or 2 diabetes
• Cushings syndrome
• Renal disease
• Liver disease
• Cancer in the past 5 years
• HIV
• Active tuberculosis
• Major psychiatric disorders