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Here is part of an abstract (Javascript required; emphasis copied from the original stories) . . .
Carbon dioxide in carbonated beverages induces ghrelin release and increased food consumption in male rats: Implications on the onset of obesity.
RESULTS: Here, we show that rats consuming gaseous beverages over a period of around 1 year gain weight at a faster rate than controls on regular degassed carbonated beverage or tap water. This is due to elevated levels of the hunger hormone ghrelin and thus greater food intake in rats drinking carbonated drinks compared to control rats. Moreover, an increase in liver lipid accumulation of rats treated with gaseous drinks is shown opposed to control rats treated with degassed beverage or tap water. In a parallel study, the levels of ghrelin hormone were increased in 20 healthy human males upon drinking carbonated beverages compared to controls.
CONCLUSIONS: These results implicate a major role for carbon dioxide gas in soft drinks in inducing weight gain and the onset of obesity via ghrelin release and stimulation of the hunger response in male mammals.
Here is another article.
Fizzy water could cause obesity by encouraging you to eat more
Fizzy water could be a cause of obesity, according to a new study.
[...] The rats who drank fizzy drinks also showed signs of fat accumulating around their organs, a symptom of chronic obesity.
Levels of the hunger hormone ghrelin were "significantly higher" after the rats had had a carbonated drink.
[...] Gavin Partington, director-general of the British Soft Drinks Association, said the study was "bad science" because the outcomes for humans may not be the same as those for rats.
Regular coke has tons of sugar. So switch to Diet Coke. But that has artificial sweetener which can make you gain weight. So try La Croix flavored sparkling water, but oh, no, that is carbonated, and it can make you gain weight. Maybe bottled water? But that's probably no good either since whenever rats are experimented upon, something bad happens to them. Therefore I should just go on the wagon and stop drinking completely since even tap water is no good. Maybe researchers are being given too much money? Maybe living in cages causes problems in rats? Maybe back to regular coke.
(Score: 2) by vux984 on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:22PM (3 children)
Coke and Pepsi must be shitting their gold threaded panties right about now
Not really; their namesake products are declining; but they're more than making up for it in bottled water, energy drinks, and sports drinks.
Carbonated water products might take a hit, but that's already a small part of the non-carbonated water products, and any losses will probably just shift over to the non-carbonated variants.
(Score: 2) by SunTzuWarmaster on Wednesday May 17 2017, @08:47PM (2 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @03:47AM
Went to hear Dean Kamen (Segway inventor) give a talk once. One of his stories was about a small self contained water purification system he developed that could provide enough clear water for poor, remote, villages. The problem was how to distribute them. He recognized that Coke is an expert on distribution, in that they distribute products in almost every country in the world. Coke agreed to distribute the devices if he would come up with a soda fountain that would mix any of Coke's products. The result is the touch screen soda fountain that you may have seen.
(Score: 2) by lx on Thursday May 18 2017, @06:47AM
This is probably the first time I've read "The Coca-Cola Company" and "trusted" in the same sentence without a negative qualifier thrown in.