Repositori URV

Author, as appears in the article.: Jordi Salas-Salvadó; Homero Martinez; Isabelle Guelinckx; Joan Gandy; Stavros A. Kavouras; Luis A. Moreno

Department: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia

URV's Author/s: SALAS SALVADÓ, JORGE; Homero Martinez; Isabelle Guelinckx; Joan Gandy; Stavros A. Kavouras; Luis A. Moreno

Keywords: Hydration Beverages Water

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To assess the intake of water and all other beverages in children, adolescents and adults. METHODS: Three thousand six hundred eleven children (8 ± 2 years), 8,109 adolescents (13 ± 2 years) and 16,276 adults (40 ± 14 years) (47% men) were recruited in 15 cross-sectional surveys (liquid intake across 7 days, Liq.In7 study) and completed a 7-day fluid-specific record to assess total fluid intake (TFI), where TFI was defined as the sum of drinking water and other type of beverages. RESULTS: The median TFI was 1.2, 1.2 and 1.8 liters/day in children, adolescents and adults respectively, with important differences observed between countries. Only 39% of children, 25% of adolescents and 51% of adults met the European Food Safety Authority adequate intake (AI) recommendations of water from fluids. In the surveys of Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Turkey, Iran, Indonesia and China, water was the major contributor (47-78%) to TFI. In the adult surveys of UK, Poland, Japan and Argentina, hot beverages were the highest contributor to TFI. The fluid intake of children and adolescents in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay was characterized by a contribution of juices and sweet beverages that was as important as the contribution of water to TFI. CONCLUSION: Given that a relatively high proportion of subjects, especially children and adolescents, failed to meet the recommended AI of water from fluids and that water intake was not the highest contributor to TFI in all countries, undertaking actions to increase water intake are warranted.

Research group: Alimentació, Nutrició, Creixement i Salut Mental

Thematic Areas: Biochemistry and technology Bioquímica y tecnología Bioquímica i biotecnologia

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 0250-6807

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Record's date: 2016-07-12

Last page: 18

Journal volume: 68

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/446199

Article's DOI: 10.1159/000446199

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2016

First page: 12

Publication Type: Article Artículo Article