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Water, hydration, and health: Nutrition Reviews©, Vol. 68, No. 8

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Popkin, Barry M, D'Anci, Kristen E, Rosenberg, Irwin H·2010·Nutrition Reviews

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This review examines the current knowledge of water intake as it pertains to human health, including overall patterns of intake and some factors linked with intake, the complex mechanisms behind water homeostasis, and the effects of variation in water intake on health and energy intake, weight, and human performance and functioning. Water represents a critical nutrient, the absence of which will be lethal within days. Water's importance for the prevention of nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases has received more attention recently because of the shift toward consumption of large proportions of fluids as caloric beverages. Despite this focus, there are major gaps in knowledge related to the measurement of total fluid intake and hydration status at the population level; there are also few longer-term systematic interventions and no published randomized, controlled longer-term trials. This review provides suggestions for ways to examine water requirements and encourages more dialogue on this important topic.

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Authors
Popkin, B. M., D'Anci, K. E., & Rosenberg, I. H.
Affiliations
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Tufts University (US)
Venue
Nutrition Reviews
Published
2010-07-20
Volume
68
Issue
8
Pages
439-458
ISSN
0029-6643 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2165038904
Cited by
1,175
References
126
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nutrition Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (2r24hd050924-06, NIH-R01)
  • U.S. Public Health Service (5R0I AGI0436)
  • National Institute on Aging
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA121152, R01CA109831)
  • Fogarty International Center (D43TW007709)
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (P30ES010126)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD030880, R24 HD-050924)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
Keywords
water intake, hydration, water homeostasis, hydration status, energy intake, body weight, human performance, caloric beverages, water requirements
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Beverages, Body Water, Child, Child, Preschool, Dehydration, Drinking, Female, Health Status, Homeostasis, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nutrition Surveys, Nutritional Requirements, Water-Electrolyte Balance, Nutrition Policy, Young Adult

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