According to an article in Medical News Today, a recent study conducted by Brenda Davy, PhD, associate professor in the department of human nutrition, foods and exercise in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, found that "dieters who drank two 8-ounce cups of water before meals, three times per day, lost about five pounds more than dieters who did not increase their water intake." Next time you sit down for a meal, pour yourself a glass of water and drink to a slimmer waistline!