Abstract
Background/objectives:
To examine the influence of season and climate (air temperature and humidity) on water intake by the food group in a sample of free-living Japanese adults.
Subjects/methods:
Four-nonconsecutive-day, semi-weighed dietary records were collected from each of the four seasons in a single 12-month period (16 days in total). The influence of season and climate on individual water intake by the food group was analyzed using a mixed linear model. Participants were 242 healthy adults (121 women aged 30–69 years and 121 men aged 30–76 years) from four areas in Japan.
Results:
For women and men together, the mean total water intake was 2230 g/day (highest in summer: 2331 g/day; lowest in winter: 2134 g/day). Fifty-one percent of water was derived from foods and the rest from beverages. In a mixed linear model adjusted for sex, age and body mass index, intake of water from foods decreased by 3.1 g/day and that from beverages increased by 8.4 g/day, with an increase in the mean outdoor air temperature on the survey day of 1 °C (both P<0.0001). The influence of humidity was nonsignificant.
Conclusions:
In contrast to previous findings in Western countries, half of water intake in Japanese adults was derived from foods. Water intake from beverages was positively associated with air temperature, whereas that from foods was inversely associated with air temperature.
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The present study was supported by grants from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The authors are grateful to all participants and local staff for their participation in this study.
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Tani, Y., Asakura, K., Sasaki, S. et al. The influence of season and air temperature on water intake by food groups in a sample of free-living Japanese adults. Eur J Clin Nutr 69, 907–913 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2014.290
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