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Should Children Drink Water with Very Low Mineral Content? Implications of the Global Expansion of Water Filtration Systems and Relevance of Consumption of Water with Higher Mineralization Levels

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datacite.subject.fos03:Saúde de Qualidade
datacite.subject.fosCiências Naturais::Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg17:Parcerias para a Implementação dos Objetivos
datacite.subject.sdg12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis
datacite.subject.sdg06:Água Potável e Saneamento
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Cidália D.
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Maria João
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-12T15:11:24Z
dc.date.available2026-02-12T15:11:24Z
dc.date.issued2025-12-28en_US
dc.date.updated2026-02-09T18:37:58Z
dc.descriptionThis article belongs to the Section Nutrition and Public Health.
dc.descriptionArticle number - 103
dc.description.abstractThe consumption of water with very low mineral content (W-VLMC; water with total dissolved solids below 50 mg/L), despite limited and inconsistent evidence and the resulting knowledge gaps, has not been associated with health risks for the general population. However, certain population subgroups (those eating very unbalanced diets or avoiding certain foods, engaged in prolonged periods of fasting, and/or doing prolonged or strenuous exercise as well as pregnant or breastfeeding women) should be mindful of maintaining sufficient intake of all essential minerals through their food if regularly using this type of water as their main beverage. The rapid expansion of water filtration systems—often producing W-VLMC—creates a timely and valuable opportunity to advance research on the health implications of W-VLMC intake. As these systems become increasingly common in educational settings and homes, children represent a subgroup experiencing rising exposure to W-VLMC. Additional studies are needed to assess the health effects of such exposure from early childhood. A complementary yet contrasting perspective is that the use of water intended for human consumption—with stringent quality control standards—and natural mineral waters—inherently pure, thus eliminating the need for filtration—with higher mineralization in both types of water, may provide an additional dietary source of essential minerals, especially for all the population subgroups mentioned above.eng
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dc.identifier.citationPereira, C. D., & Martins, M. J. (2026). Should Children Drink Water with Very Low Mineral Content? Implications of the Global Expansion of Water Filtration Systems and Relevance of Consumption of Water with Higher Mineralization Levels. Nutrients, 18(1), 103. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18010103
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/nu18010103en_US
dc.identifier.issn20726643
dc.identifier.slugcv-prod-4691790
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/15614
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/18/1/103
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectBone
dc.subjectcalcium
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectnatural mineral water
dc.subjectwater filtration systems
dc.subjectwater mineral content
dc.titleShould Children Drink Water with Very Low Mineral Content? Implications of the Global Expansion of Water Filtration Systems and Relevance of Consumption of Water with Higher Mineralization Levelseng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage10
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage1
oaire.citation.titleNutrientsen_US
oaire.citation.volume18
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
person.familyNamePereira
person.givenNameCidália Almeida
person.identifier.ciencia-idAC15-8934-CC03
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9934-9648
person.identifier.ridGPP-6411-2022
person.identifier.scopus-author-id56016000600
rcaap.cv.cienciaidAC15-8934-CC03 | Cidália Daniela Dionísio de Almeida Pereira
rcaap.rightsopenAccessen_US
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