I wonder how much this study cost us?

You won't believe the results of this "decades-long" study! Researchers have concluded that people who drink large numbers of soft drinks gain more weight than people who don't. And not only that, but they also found that giving children sugar-free alternatives leads to less weight gain. Imagine that! Who would have thought there could be a correlation between consuming sugar and gaining weight? 

The summation of this research: "the results strongly suggest that sugary drinks cause people to pack on the pounds, independent of other unhealthy behavior such as over-eating and getting too little exercise." Wow! I'd say this study ranks right up there with the study that concluded that little children fall off tricycles because they lose their balance or because they run into something.

"Souring news on soft drinks." The Dallas Morning News; September 22, 2012; p. 1A.