J Romeo1, M González-Gross, J Wärnberg, L E Díaz, A Marcos. 1. Grupo Inmunonutrición, Departamento de Metabolismo y Nutrición, Instituto del Frío, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, España.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The effects of alcohol consumption on body weight have been evaluated in a large number of studies suggesting to be inversely as well as positively related to body weight and body fat. OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relationships between moderate beer consumption and anthropometrical parameters in Spanish healthy adults. METHOD: After a 30 day alcohol abstemious period, 58 healthy volunteers were submitted to a daily moderate consumption of beer during the following 30 days. Weight, height, skinfolds and circumferences were measured at three points: (a) basal; (b) abstemious and (c) after moderate consumption of beer. RESULTS: Biceps skinfold (mm) increased (p < 0.05) in men after moderate beer consumption in regard to abstinence period (5.74 +/- 1.70 vs. 6.23 +/- 1.74). No significant differences were observed in the rest of anthropometrical parameters studied in both women and men along the study intervention. CONCLUSION: Moderate beer consumption during one month did not mostly change weight and weight-related parameters in healthy adults.
BACKGROUND: The effects of alcohol consumption on body weight have been evaluated in a large number of studies suggesting to be inversely as well as positively related to body weight and body fat. OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relationships between moderate beer consumption and anthropometrical parameters in Spanish healthy adults. METHOD: After a 30 day alcohol abstemious period, 58 healthy volunteers were submitted to a daily moderate consumption of beer during the following 30 days. Weight, height, skinfolds and circumferences were measured at three points: (a) basal; (b) abstemious and (c) after moderate consumption of beer. RESULTS: Biceps skinfold (mm) increased (p < 0.05) in men after moderate beer consumption in regard to abstinence period (5.74 +/- 1.70 vs. 6.23 +/- 1.74). No significant differences were observed in the rest of anthropometrical parameters studied in both women and men along the study intervention. CONCLUSION: Moderate beer consumption during one month did not mostly change weight and weight-related parameters in healthy adults.
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