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Effect of excessive water intake on body weight, body mass index, body fat, and appetite of overweight female participants
OBJECTIVE: Drinking plenty of water is commonly recommended in weight loss regimens; however, very limited scientific evidence is available to justify this. Here we studied the effect of drinking 1.5 L of water, over and above the usual intake on body weight, body mass index (BMI), body fat, and app...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4121911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097411 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.136180 |
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author | Vij, Vinu Ashok Kumar Joshi, Anjali S. |
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description | OBJECTIVE: Drinking plenty of water is commonly recommended in weight loss regimens; however, very limited scientific evidence is available to justify this. Here we studied the effect of drinking 1.5 L of water, over and above the usual intake on body weight, body mass index (BMI), body fat, and appetite score in overweight female participants. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was done on 50 overweight female participants, who were instructed to drink 500 mL of water, three times a day 30 min before breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The 1.5 L water intake was over and above their daily water intake and was continued for 8 consecutive weeks. Body weight, BMI, body fat, and appetite score was measured pre and post-study; and the values were compared by paired t-test using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 14.0.1. RESULTS: All the parameters tested were lower after 8 weeks: body weight (pre-study 65.86 ± 3.614 kg vs post-study 64.42 ± 3.704 kg; P < 0.01); BMI (pre-study 26.7002 ± 0.9423 vs post-study 26.1224 ± 1.0632; P < 0.01); sum of skinfold thickness (pre-study 79.626 ± 10.385 mm vs post-study 76.578 ± 10.477 mm; P < 0.01); and the appetite score (pre-study 36.880 ± 4.170 vs post-study 34.673 ± 3.845; P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Our study establishes the role of drinking 1.5 L of excessive water in weight reduction, body fat reduction, and appetite suppression in overweight female participants. |
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spelling | pubmed-41219112014-08-05 Effect of excessive water intake on body weight, body mass index, body fat, and appetite of overweight female participants Vij, Vinu Ashok Kumar Joshi, Anjali S. J Nat Sci Biol Med Original Article OBJECTIVE: Drinking plenty of water is commonly recommended in weight loss regimens; however, very limited scientific evidence is available to justify this. Here we studied the effect of drinking 1.5 L of water, over and above the usual intake on body weight, body mass index (BMI), body fat, and appetite score in overweight female participants. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was done on 50 overweight female participants, who were instructed to drink 500 mL of water, three times a day 30 min before breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The 1.5 L water intake was over and above their daily water intake and was continued for 8 consecutive weeks. Body weight, BMI, body fat, and appetite score was measured pre and post-study; and the values were compared by paired t-test using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 14.0.1. RESULTS: All the parameters tested were lower after 8 weeks: body weight (pre-study 65.86 ± 3.614 kg vs post-study 64.42 ± 3.704 kg; P < 0.01); BMI (pre-study 26.7002 ± 0.9423 vs post-study 26.1224 ± 1.0632; P < 0.01); sum of skinfold thickness (pre-study 79.626 ± 10.385 mm vs post-study 76.578 ± 10.477 mm; P < 0.01); and the appetite score (pre-study 36.880 ± 4.170 vs post-study 34.673 ± 3.845; P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Our study establishes the role of drinking 1.5 L of excessive water in weight reduction, body fat reduction, and appetite suppression in overweight female participants. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4121911/ /pubmed/25097411 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.136180 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Vij, Vinu Ashok Kumar Joshi, Anjali S. Effect of excessive water intake on body weight, body mass index, body fat, and appetite of overweight female participants |
title | Effect of excessive water intake on body weight, body mass index, body fat, and appetite of overweight female participants |
title_full | Effect of excessive water intake on body weight, body mass index, body fat, and appetite of overweight female participants |
title_fullStr | Effect of excessive water intake on body weight, body mass index, body fat, and appetite of overweight female participants |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of excessive water intake on body weight, body mass index, body fat, and appetite of overweight female participants |
title_short | Effect of excessive water intake on body weight, body mass index, body fat, and appetite of overweight female participants |
title_sort | effect of excessive water intake on body weight, body mass index, body fat, and appetite of overweight female participants |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4121911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097411 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.136180 |
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