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Water intake in Croatian adults

Water is one of the main building blocks of human body and essential constituent of daily diet. In despite of that fact, water intake is rarely a part of dietary surveys and as a result scientific evidences needed for meaningful public health strategies or reference intake values are scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to estimate daily water intake in Croatia. Results indicate average intake of 0.99 L/day for the whole studied population, 0.97 L/day in a female subgroup and 1.00 L/day in a male group. These intakes contribute with 48.5 % and 50 % to European adequate intakes for total water in female and male subgroups respectively. Results in different regions indicate average intake of 1.04, 0.86, 0.95, 0.90, 1.45 and 0.74 L/day in Zagreb region, northern Croatia, Slavonija region, Dalmacija region, Istra, Primorje and Gorski kotar region and Lika and Banovina region, respectively. Intake is mostly a result of consumption of non-carbonated water (0.94 L/day) with domination of tap water (0.85 L/day) while bottled water (0.05 L/day) and water from private wells (0.05 L/day) are poorly represented.

water ; intake assessment ; adults ; Croatia

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