Roberts J, Liu Q, Cao C, et al. - Researchers used information from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2006 to study the potential antiobesity advantages of hot tea consumption at the population level. In a large representative sample of US adults (n = 5,681), the connection between hot tea consumption and dual-energy x-ray–measured body fat was analyzed. The authors discovered that men who drank 0.25 to 1 cup per day of hot tea had 1.5% and 1.7% less total and trunk body fat, respectively, compared with non-tea drinkers. Among men who drank 1 or more cups of hot tea per day, only 45 to 69-year-old men reported lower total and trunk body fat. Those drinking 1 or more cups a day had 1.5% lower trunk body fat vs non-tea drinkers in women. Findings suggested that consumption of hot tea may be considered as part of a healthy diet to support metabolic health-related parameters, and maybe especially important to support reduced central adiposity in older male age groups (45 to 69 years old).