Beer belly, not just due to drinking beer

SCIENTISTS have discovered that beer belly is not solely caused by beer but by the overall lifestyle of a person.
According to one study published in European Journal on Clinical Nutrition this year, moderate beer consumption does not cause beer belly. The study was conducted on 20,000 people who were under observation for six years.
The research, done by experts from German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrucke, Fulda University of Applied Sciences at University of Gothenburg in Sweden, further added that right nutrition and regular exercise also play an important part.
Before the conduct of the study, which was sponsored by German Cancer Aid, German Federal Ministry of Education, and European Union, beer belly was attributed to beer. Beer belly is one of the causes of cardiovascular or heart disease.
In that study, each person’s beer consumption was gauged and determined if it directly affects one’s waistline. It was found out that a man or a woman gets beer belly out of too much beer consumption.
Another scientific paper released by Brewer’s Europe entitled “Effects of Moderate Beer Consumption,” in 2008 stated that highly caloric content and fatty foods often cause beer belly.
This was confirmed by “Alcohol and diet in France” published in European Heart Journal in 2004 and the 2002 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study entitled “ Alcoholic preference, diet and health habits in the UNC Alumni Study” and other published researches.