Huang Y, Ma X, Tan Y, et al. - In this retrospective cohort analysis, researchers investigated how biomarkers of bone modeling in children are influenced by the consumption of very low mineral water. Children aged 10–13 y were divided into two groups: the NW group comprising 119 boys and 110 girls who had consumed drinking water with normal mineral contents (conductivity 345 μs/cm) and the VLW group comprising 223 boys and 208 girls who had consumed drinking water with very low mineral contents (conductivity 40.0 μs/cm) in school for 4 y. Findings are indicative of a possible association of consumption of very low mineral water with osteoblast inhibition, bone resorption activation, bone mineral decline, and height development retardation. Experts recommended considering the health risk of consuming very low mineral water in children.