What this means
This trial plans to test whether drinking cold water four times a day for six months lowers body fat in older adults. It has not started reporting results, so it cannot yet show whether cold water helps.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 50–65
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- The Association Between Core Temperature and Health
- Trial ID
- NCT06432491 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Body Temperature Changes, Body Composition, Aging
- What is tested
- Drinking cold water
- Sponsor
- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology ,Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ages
- 50 Years to 65 Years
- Dates
- First posted May 29, 2024 · updated Jan 21, 2026
Registry summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if cold water drinking could promote body composition and further extend healthy lifespan in Chinese older adults. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Does cold water drinking lower the body fat percentage?
- Will cold water drinking positively extend lifespan in a long-term Researchers will compare cold water intervention group to a control group (drinking 37℃ water instead) to see if cold water drinking works to promote health and slow down ageing process.
Participants will:
- Drink 4℃ or 37℃ water 4 times (9a.m., 12p.m., 15p.m., 18p.m.) every day for 6 months.
- Visit the institute and health checkup department for tests and checkup at baseline, the end of the 3rd month, and the end of 6th month.
Sites (1)
- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China