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Availability of a Flavored Beverage and Impact on Children’s Hydration Status, Sleep, and Mood
- Source :
- Nutrients, Volume 13, Issue 6, Nutrients, Vol 13, Iss 1757, p 1757 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- Euhydration remains a challenge in children due to lack of access and unpalatability of water and to other reasons. The purpose of this study was to determine if the availability/access to a beverage (Creative Roots®) influences hydration in children and, therefore, sleep quality and mood. Using a crossover investigation, 46 participants were randomly assigned to a control group (CON) or an intervention group and received Creative Roots® (INT) for two-week periods. We recorded daily first morning and afternoon urine color (Ucol), thirst perception, and bodyweight of the two groups. Participants reported to the lab once per week and provided first morning urine samples to assess Ucol, urine specific gravity (USG), and urine osmolality (Uosmo). Participants also completed the questionnaires Profile of Mood States-Adolescents (POMS-a) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Dependent t-tests were used to assess the effects of the intervention on hydration, mood, and sleep quality. Uosmo was greater and Ucol was darker in the control group (mean ± SD) [Uosmo: INT = 828 ± 177 mOsm·kg−1, CON = 879 ± 184 mOsm·kg−1, (p = 0.037], [Ucol:INT = 5 ± 1, CON = 5 ± 1, p = 0.024]. USG, POMS-a, and PSQI were not significant between the groups. At-home daily afternoon Ucol was darker in the control group [INT = 3 ± 1, CON = 3 ± 1, p = 0.022]. Access to Creative Roots® provides a small, potentially meaningful hydration benefit in children. However, children still demonstrated consistent mild dehydration based on Uosmo, despite consuming the beverage.
- Subjects :
- Male
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Drinking Behavior
Urine
Article
Thirst
Beverages
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
03 medical and health sciences
children
medicine
Humans
TX341-641
Child
euhydration
Specific Gravity
Morning
Cross-Over Studies
030505 public health
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Dehydration
Nutrition. Foods and food supply
business.industry
Urine specific gravity
Body Weight
Osmolar Concentration
Sleep in non-human animals
urine
Flavoring Agents
Affect
Mood
thirst
Physical therapy
Urine osmolality
Female
medicine.symptom
Sleep
0305 other medical science
business
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20726643
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrients
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bdb3a66244214a75cc4aab7ac85eb638
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13061757