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One gram of alcohol contains 7.1 calories, and commonly consumed drinks can range from about 100 to 200-plus calories.
Research doesn't confirm that indulging in these pleasures will lead to weight gain.
Cutting out alcohol isn't a reliable way to lose weight in the short term, and may only have a small effect over the course of years.
A study published in 2016 in the journal Appetite found that drinking was “unrelated to weight change” overall in the 283 overweight and obese adults who had participated in a one-year, 26-session behavioral weight loss treatment.
The authors of the 2017 study also tried to control for variables beyond alcohol consumption that may have played a role.
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