Intakes of plain water, moisture in foods and beverages, and total water in the adult US population--nutritional, meal pattern, and body weight correlates: National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 1999-2006.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a surprising paucity of studies that have systematically examined the correlates of water intake in the US population.

Objective

The objective was to examine the association of contributors of water intake with dietary characteristics, meal consumption, and body weight in the US population.

Design

We used 24-h dietary recall data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004 (n = 12,283) and the NHANES 2005-2006 (n = 4112) to examine the independent association of intakes of plain water, beverage moisture, food moisture, and total water with sociodemographic factors, dietary characteristics (energy, nutrients, diet quality, and energy density), and meal patterns (number of eating episodes, mention of breakfast or snac

SUBMITTER: Kant AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2728648 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature