Association between water consumption and body weight outcomes in children and adolescents: a systematic review
Muckelbauer R, Barbosa CL, Mittag T, Burkhardt K, Mikelaishvili N, Müller-Nordhorn J
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 23 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Systematic review (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2014-12-01 · Obesity (Silver Spring) · vol. 22 · issue 12 · pp. 2462–75
- Publisher
- National Institutes of Health
- Cited
- 32 citations · more than 92% of similar papers · 3.2× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 45 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Sodium Intake and Health
- Keywords
- Observational study, Medicine, Cross-sectional study, Overweight, Body mass index, Obesity, CINAHL, Longitudinal study, Environmental health, Association (psychology), Systematic review, MEDLINE, Demography, Psychological intervention, Internal medicine, Psychology, Psychiatry
- MeSH
- humans, body weight, body mass index, risk factors, drinking behavior, drinking, adolescent, child, child, preschool, female, male, overweight, pediatric obesity
6 authors
From DE
- Rebecca MuckelbauerBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Clarissa Lage BarbosaGerman Institute of Human Nutrition
- Tamara MittagBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Kimberly BurkhardtBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Nino MikelaishviliBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Jacqueline Müller‐NordhornBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Abstract
Objective
Water is recommended to replace sugar-containing beverages for prevention of childhood obesity. Because this recommendation is not evidence-based yet, the existing evidence on the association between water consumption and body weight outcomes was summarized.
Methods
In a systematic review, studies were retrieved from four electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane) and further search methods. Studies including children aged 2-19 years on the association between water consumption and any body weight-related outcome were eligible.
Results
Out of 3,023 retrieved records, 13 studies were included: four longitudinal and nine cross-sectional studies. One cross-sectional analysis in one longitudinal study was additionally included, resulting in ten cross-sectional analyses. One non-randomized controlled study and two observational longitudinal studies showed that increased water consumption reduced the risk of overweight or body mass index. Another observational longitudinal study did not indicate this association. Six cross-sectional analyses found a direct association between water consumption and at least one body weight outcome. Four cross-sectional analyses did not show any association.
Conclusions
On the cross-sectional level, higher water consumption seems to be associated with higher weight status. In contrast, longitudinal studies suggest a weight-reducing effect of water consumption, but evidence for a causal association is still low.
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