(22-07-06) Dairy Products Fail to Stop Weight Gain

A new study from Harvard's Health Professionals Follow-up Study
gives no support to the advertising claim that milk helps control weight.
In a group of 51,529 men ages 40 to 75, those who consumed the
most calcium or dairy products at the study's onset gained the same
amount of weight as those who consumed the least.

Milk In an unadjusted analysis, men who increased their calcium or
dairy intake during the study seemed to gain slightly less weight
(approximately a 1-pound difference over a 12-year period). However,
when the results were controlled for smoking, exercise, fruit and
vegetable intake, fiber intake, and other confounders, the apparent
benefit of calcium and dairy products disappeared. This suggests that,
in studies implying that calcium or dairy products protect against weight
gain, it is actually other healthy lifestyle factors that are responsible for
weight control.

Rajpathak SN, Rimm EB, Rosner B, Willett WC, Hu FB. Calcium and
dairy intakes in relation to long-term weight gain in US men.

Source: Am J Clin Nutr. 2006;83(3):559-566.

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