Diet Cola and Weight Gain in Rats A study fed one group of rats a diet that included yogurt sweetened with sugar, and another group of rats a diet that included yogurt sweetened with a zero calorie artificial sweetener commonly found in diet cola. The rats that were fed a zero-calorie sweetener gained more weight and more body fat compared to the rats that were fed sugar. After the study was published, many news articles discussed the implication that people who drink diet soda gain more weight. Explain why we cannot conclude that this is necessarily true.