Beverage Consumption Habits around the World: Association with Total Water and Energy Intakes

• Main Author: Lluis Serra-Majem (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Mariela Nissensohn (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2017
• Subjects: Medicine; Adequate hydration; Beverages consumption; Water and energy intake
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Fluid intake has barely been assessed, and hydration status has only rarely been measured in epidemiological studies. This hampers attempts to assess the adequacy of water intake at a population level. However, although guidelines have been established to determine how much water humans require to a...