The role of water insecurity in influencing water and sugar-sweetened beverage choices: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Water is a critical nutrient for human health, however more than 4 billion people globally lack access to safe drinking water and climate change is expected to worsen water insecurity. Simultaneously, consumption of packaged water and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is increasing globally. Despite many plausible linkages, little is known about the relationship between water insecurity and sugar-sweetened or packaged beverage selection. The current study aimed to characterize the relationship between water insecurity and beverage selection by conducting a scoping review to identify trends in available research on beverage selection among individuals experiencing water insecurity, and creating a conceptual model explaining this relationship. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic revi

SUBMITTER: Ewoldt L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12781548 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature