Water, hydration, and health

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...

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Published in:Nutrition reviews Vol. 68; no. 8; pp. 439 - 458
Main Authors: Popkin, Barry M, D'Anci, Kristen E, Rosenberg, Irwin H
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.08.2010
Wiley
Oxford University Press
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Beverages
Biological and medical sciences
Body Water - metabolism
Child
Child, Preschool
Dehydration - complications
Dehydration - prevention & control
Drinking - physiology
Drinking water
Feeding. Feeding behavior
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health
Health Status
Homeostasis
Homeostasis - physiology
Humans
Hydration
Intervention
Male
Metabolisms and neurohumoral controls
Middle Aged
Nutrition
Nutrition Policy
Nutrition Surveys
Nutritional Requirements
Public health
recommended daily intake
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
water
water adequacy
Water and mineral metabolism. Osmoregulation. Acidobasic balance
water intake
water measurement
Water requirements
Water-Electrolyte Balance - physiology
Young Adult
Water
Human
Hydration
recommended daily intake
Health
Homeostasis
Nutrient
Drinking
Water intake
water adequacy
Review
water measurement
ISSN:0029-6643, 1753-4887, 1753-4887
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Summary: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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ISSN:0029-6643
1753-4887
1753-4887
DOI:10.1111/j.1753-4887.2010.00304.x