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Hydration, Thermoregulation and Fluid Balance: Implication for Health

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Sports Nutrition".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2024) | Viewed by 1246

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Brendon P. McDermott

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Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
Interests: thermoregulation; fluid balance; renal physiology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue for Nutrients on topics related to hydration, thermoregulation and fluid balance in health. As the Impact Factor of Nutrients is currently 5.9, publishing your work presents an opportunity to educate our broad readership about hydration, fluid balance and thermoregulation. Exercise hydration has received significant attention in the past, and only recently has the discussion shifted toward viewing hydration as a healthy lifestyle behavior. Water is considered by some experts to be the ‘forgotten nutrient,’ as many dietary recommendations exclude specific fluid intake guidelines. We know of many health benefits related to maintaining adequate fluid intake, and we continue to find more such benefits through research. Many chronic diseases are prevented when adequate fluid intake is consistent. Sometimes, even short-term responses to other types of stress are mitigated with the maintenance of hydration. This Special Issue serves as an opportunity to share the latest research on hydration and health.

Further, our planet continues to warm. This process continues to present many challenges to humans of all ages. We are still learning about the stresses on various systems in the body caused by this phenomenon. Unfortunately, to date, research documenting effective and consistent improvements to thermoregulation and heat illness prevention has fallen short. This Special Issue highlights the urgency of documenting specific stresses, sex differences, age alterations, heat stress challenges and strategies to overcome the barriers to thermoregulation. There are many people who face inherent daily heat stress risks, and this stress will worsen without intervention.

In this Special Issue of Nutrients, we welcome original research articles, as well as review articles discussing the current state of research in this field.

We hope that you will accept this invitation to publish your work.

Dr. Brendon P. McDermott
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • hydration
  • thermoregulation
  • fluid balance
  • fluid intake
  • water
  • health

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Association of Knowledge and Health Habits with Physiological Hydration Status
by Brendon P. McDermott, Xiujing Zhao and Jennifer C. Veilleux
Nutrients 2024, 16(11), 1541; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16111541 - 21 May 2024
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The association of hydration knowledge and health habits with hydration status and fluid intake is rarely examined. We sought to determine whether knowledge or physical health behaviors predict physiological hydration status and fluid intake. Ninety-six participants (59 female; 27 ± 10 year) completed [...] Read more.
The association of hydration knowledge and health habits with hydration status and fluid intake is rarely examined. We sought to determine whether knowledge or physical health behaviors predict physiological hydration status and fluid intake. Ninety-six participants (59 female; 27 ± 10 year) completed the previously validated hydration survey. Participants then recorded total fluids consumed (TFC), collected urine, and tracked void frequency for 24 h. Hydration status was assessed via 24 h urine specific gravity (USG) and osmolality (Uosm). Health behaviors included self-reported physical activity, BMI, smoking, alcoholic drinking, and sleep status. TFC was significantly correlated with 24 h USG (r = −0.390; p < 0.001), Uosm (r = −0.486; p < 0.001), total urine volume (r = 0.675; p < 0.001), and void frequency (r = 0.518; p < 0.001). Hydration knowledge was not correlated with 24 h USG (r = 0.085; p = 0.420), Uosm (r = 0.087; p = 0.419), urine total volume (r = 0.019; p = 0.857), void frequency (r = 0.030; p = 0.771), or TFC (r = 0.027; p = 0.813). Hydration knowledge did not predict 24 h USG (LR+ = 1.10; LR− = 0.90), Uosm (LR+ = 0.81; LR− = 1.35), or TFC (LR+ = 1.00; LR− = 1.00). Health habits did not predict 24 h USG, Uosm, or TFC. In conclusion, self-reported 24 h diet and fluid log recording is comparable to hydration status verification via 24 h urine collection. Hydration knowledge and health habits are not related to, or predictive of, hydration status. Full article
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