Water, hydration, and health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · University of North Carolina System · +1 more institution
Abstract
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…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 11.14
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 167
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3Topics & keywords
- Water intake
- Environmental health
- Fluid intake
- Psychological intervention
- Water consumption
- Population
- Medicine
- Human health