Saturday July 4, 2015 (foodconsumer.org) -- Scientists from Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children's Hospital in Boston , MA, United States conducted a study and found drinking a lot of water does not help weight loss in adolescents.Advice to increase water intake up to 8 cups per day is often provided as part of a weight loss diet.  But the study found that this approach did not render any effect on body weight in adolescents. (David Liu)Julia Wong, Cara Ebbeling, Lisa Robinson, Henry Feldman and David Ludwig, Does the Recommendation to Drink 8 Cups of Water Per Day Promote Weight Loss? The FASEB Journal 2015