I’ve read that fizzy water can make you fat. Is this true?

ATHIS WAS BASED ON RESEARCH DONE ON RATS AND ON 20 MEN, WHO WERE GIVEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF WATER.

THE RATS GIVEN FIZZY WATER ATE MORE FOOD THAN THE OTHERS, AND HAD HIGHER LEVELS OF THE HORMONE GHRELIN, WHICH STIMULATES HUNGER. THE MEN GIVEN FIZZY WATER ALSO HAD HIGHER LEVELS OF GHRELIN COMPARED TO THOSE GIVEN STILL WATER. IT’S THOUGHT THAT THE CARBON DIOXIDE IN FIZZY DRINKS IS TO BLAME. THERE’S NO EVIDENCE THAT FIZZY WATER CAUSES WEIGHT GAIN IN HUMANS,

BUT IT MIGHT PLAY A ROLE IF YOU STRUGGLE TO CONTROL YOUR APPETITE AND FOOD INTAKE.