Sports Drinks for the Non-Sporty and Its Effects on Weight Gain
Elite athletes down sports drink to help them reach new heights of performance. But for the average young person, these “health drinks” may cause them to reach new highs –on the bathroom scale.
A new study published in the journal called Obesity suggests that young people who consume one or more sports drinks each day gained more weight over a three-year period than classmates who chose other beverages.