Effect of excessive water intake on body weight, body mass index, body fat, and appetite of overweight female participants
Vij VA, Joshi AS
Journal of natural science, biology, and medicine · 19 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
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Publication
- Published
- 2014-01-01 · J Nat Sci Biol Med · vol. 5 · issue 2 · p. 340
- Publisher
- Medknow
- Cited
- 32 citations · more than 60% of similar papers · 0.3× the field average
- References
- 11 works
- Access
- Open access (free to publish)
- Research areas
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Sodium Intake and Health · Dietary Effects on Health
- Keywords
- Overweight, Appetite, Body mass index, Medicine, Weight loss, Obesity, Body weight, Internal medicine, Animal science, Biology
2 authors
From IN
- Vinu Vij
- Anjali S JoshiKing Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College
Abstract
Objective
Drinking plenty of water is commonly recommended in weight loss regimens; however, very limited scientific evidence is available to justify this. Here we studied the effect of drinking 1.5 L of water, over and above the usual intake on body weight, body mass index (BMI), body fat, and appetite score in overweight female participants.
Materials and methods
The study was done on 50 overweight female participants, who were instructed to drink 500 mL of water, three times a day 30 min before breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The 1.5 L water intake was over and above their daily water intake and was continued for 8 consecutive weeks. Body weight, BMI, body fat, and appetite score was measured pre and post-study; and the values were compared by paired t-test using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 14.0.1.
Results
All the parameters tested were lower after 8 weeks: body weight (pre-study 65.86 ± 3.614 kg vs post-study 64.42 ± 3.704 kg; P < 0.01); BMI (pre-study 26.7002 ± 0.9423 vs post-study 26.1224 ± 1.0632; P < 0.01); sum of skinfold thickness (pre-study 79.626 ± 10.385 mm vs post-study 76.578 ± 10.477 mm; P < 0.01); and the appetite score (pre-study 36.880 ± 4.170 vs post-study 34.673 ± 3.845; P < 0.01).
Conclusions
Our study establishes the role of drinking 1.5 L of excessive water in weight reduction, body fat reduction, and appetite suppression in overweight female participants.
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