Researchers at Temple’s Center for Obesity Research and Education are conducting a study to determine whether diet drinks or water are better for weight loss. “Some think that diet soda, because of the sweet taste, can actually make the hard work of dieting a little more pleasant,” said CORE Director Gary Foster. “Others say no, that the sweet taste actually makes you crave other sweet foods.” Foster predicts that at the end of the study there will not be a difference because “at the end of the day, weight loss is about calories.”