Boissons caloriques sucrées et prise de poids : quel mécanisme d'action ?

The parallel evolution of the contribution of caloric sweetened beverages to the energy supply and the pandemic obesity during the last decades suggests a causal relationship. Numerous epidemiologic surveys and some experimental studies indicate that the body weight or the fat mass of people who drinks large quantity of sweetened caloric beverages may be increased. Disputed by some researchers, a larger body weight due to the caloric drink consumption is however a reality, even if it is of small amplitude. Some hypothetical physiopathological mechanisms are presented to explain it. Because none are able to fully explain the phenomenon, we suggest a physiological explanation, based on the cybernetic aspect of the regulation of the body mass.