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    Drinking Beer Doesn't Lead to a Beer Belly?

    By | Work + Money – Thu, Jul 16, 2009 8:51 PM EDT

    If you're kicking back and enjoying Summer by kicking back a few cold ones, and have noticed your waist is expanding, don't blame it on the brewskis. According to research, a "beer belly" is purely genetic.

    After an eight-year study of over 20,000 people, researchers found that heavy drinkers - those who drank at least two pints daily - did pile on the pounds overall, but it wasn't necessarily concentrated around their middle. Where people gained weight had to do with their body type, not how much beer they drank.

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