title: [Water intake and its influencing factors of children and adolescents in Shanghai].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the total drinking water intake and its influencing factors among children and adolescents in Shanghai, and to accumulate basis for developing adequate water intakes for children and adolescents in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1454 children and adolescents aged 8-17 years from two districts of Shanghai was selected by using stratified random sampling method. The information on amounts and types of daily drinking water was recorded by subjects for seven consecutive days using a quantitative measurement. Total drinking water was the sum of plain water and beverages.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median of total drinking water of subjects was 1014 ml/d, and the median of plain water and beverages was 580 and 339 ml/d, respectively. The consumption of total drinking water, plain water, and beverages in boys was significantly higher than that in girls, was increasing with aging and in urban was significantly higher than that in suburbs (P < 0.05). The obese drank more beverages (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The total drinking water of children and adolescents in Shanghai was less. To establish adequate intake of water, the comprehensive effect of gender, age, BMI and region when should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Hygiene Department, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China. zywang_3@scdc.sh.cn
authors.forename: Zhengyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Hygiene Department, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China.
authors.forename: Aizhen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Hygiene Department, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China.
authors.forename: Yiqiong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Hygiene Department, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Hygiene Department, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Hygiene Department, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China.
authors.forename: Zhenni
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Hygiene Department, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China.
authors.forename: Shurong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Hygiene Department, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China.
authors.forename: Guansheng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001628:Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D004326:Drinking / Q000502:physiology*; D004327:Drinking Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D060766:Drinking Water; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water