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Will drinking hot water help me lose weight, clear my skin or treat cramps?

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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (94th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Will drinking hot water help me lose weight, clear my skin or treat cramps?
Published by
The Conversation, February 2026
DOI 10.64628/aa.e4fmvkxuq
Authors

Emily Burch, Lauren Ball

Abstract

Go on, drink hot water if it makes you feel good. But don’t expect it to have magical properties beyond staying hydrated.

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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 203. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 March 2026.
All research outputs
#232,899
of 32,349,805 outputs
Outputs from The Conversation
#25,869
of 202,008 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,647
of 320,418 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Conversation
#259
of 4,544 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,349,805 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 202,008 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 100.1. This one has done well, scoring higher than 87% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 320,418 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 4,544 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% of its contemporaries.