Message to Hispanic San Antonio Residents: Think About Your Drink, It Could Affect Both Your Health and Your Weight

“Obesity continues to be a serious health issue facing millions of Americans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, it is estimated that 1/3 of Hispanics are considered obese. This problem particularly affects San Antonio, because 36.7% of San Antonio residents are overweight or obese. While most strategies to address our widening waistlines focus on changing what we put on our plates, an analysis of U.S. beverage habits called What America Drinks 1 suggests we should also take a closer look at what’s in our glasses.

The new report suggests that beverage choice may be the forgotten factor in weight management. Specifically, What America Drinks indicates that what we drink may have a powerful impact on what we weigh. The in-depth analysis found that teenagers and adults ages 14-49 who drank a lot of nutrient poor sugar-sweetened beverages, like soft drinks, fruit-flavored drinks and presweetened teas and little milk tended to weighed more, then their peers who drank more milk and fewer sugary beverages less, regardless of calories. Milk drinkers also had better quality diets that were richer in nutrients.”

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