Water load test in children.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to estimate values for the water load test in healthy elementary school children.


METHODS
We measured the volume of water consumed by 176 children (71 boys and 105 girls) using the water load test at school. Children completed a questionnaire, which included self-efficacy and abdominal pain history. Then subjects drank water for 3 minutes or until full.


RESULTS
Children drank 630 +/- 260 ml. Water consumption correlated with age, weight, and height. Children who believed they could drink a lot, drank more than those who thought they could not, < 0.01.


CONCLUSIONS
The water load test is a simple and inexpensive method to estimate onset of satiety and may be useful in future studies now that there are values for healthy children.
Gastrointestinal Motility Center, Children's Hospital of Orange, County, Orange, California, USA.
Manu R
MR
Sood
Lenore M
LM
Schwankovsky
Anita
A
Rowhani
Tsili
T
Zangen
David
D
Ziring
Theresa
T
Furtado
Paul E
PE
Hyman
D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D004326:Drinking; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012528:Satiety Response / Q000502:physiology; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires