Kids Should drink more

It’s a challenge for parents to keep their children dehydrated. Children are not like adults who know when it’s time drink when needed. Parents and caretakers should check on them from time to time.

In the event of Tang’s #UhawAreYou, there is an alarming study by the Nu­tri­tion Re­search In­sti­tute of the De­part­ment of Sci­ence and Tech­nol­ogy (FNRI-DOST) that 83% of Filipino kids who are not drinking and can make themselves dehydrated. Not just it’s unhealthy, Dehydration can make children weak which results in low performance in school activities. These might lead children to chronic de­hy­dra­tion with risks of Uri­nary Tract In­fec­tion (UTI), hy­per­ten­sion, devel­op­ment of kid­ney stones, and stroke.

FLUID IN­TAKE

Princess Landi­cho, Tang Philip­pines Brand Man­ager said, “The first step is rais­ing aware­ness that we are not drink­ing enough, that we have a hy­dra­tion gap prob­lem es­pe­cially among Filipino kids. Imag­ine 8 out of 10 kids are not drink­ing the re­quired num­ber of glasses! Also, we have to let par­ents know the se­ri­ous ef­fects of de­hy­dra­tion to chil­dren. This will en­cour­age them to keep their kids (and them­selves) hy­drated through dif­fer­ent ways.”

Drinking 8 glasses of water is a myth. It will depend on the age and how active the person is. For kids ages, 6-9, drink at least  5-6 glasses of water a day while kids ages 10-12  should drink 7 glasses of water a day.

FIGHT DE­HY­DRA­TION

“The food and dif­fer­ent bev­er­ages that we take ev­ery day are also im­por­tant sources of wa­ter in ad­di­tion to plain drink­ing wa­ter to help the body re­hy­drate. Milk and dairy-based bev­er­ages, fruit juice, fruit-fla­vored drinks, es­pe­cially when for­ti­fied with vi­ta­mins and min­er­als. Soups, fruits like wa­ter­melon, melon, and straw­ber­ries, and veg­eta­bles like let­tuce, cab­bage, and spinach con­tain 90-99 per­cent wa­ter. Fruits like ap­ple, grapes, or­anges, and pineap­ple con­tain 80-89 per­cent wa­ter. All of these could be used to re­hy­drate. In fact, on the av­er­age about 20 per­cent of our to­tal wa­ter in­take comes from food, and 80 per­cent comes from drink­ing wa­ter and bev­er­ages.” Healthy ex­pert Dr. Rodolfo F. Florentino said.

Dr. Rodolfo F. Florentino also said, “The food and dif­fer­ent bev­er­ages that we take ev­ery day are also im­por­tant sources of wa­ter in ad­di­tion to plain drink­ing wa­ter to help the body re­hy­drate. Milk and dairy-based bev­er­ages, fruit juice, fruit-fla­vored drinks, es­pe­cially when for­ti­fied with vi­ta­mins and min­er­als. Soups, fruits like wa­ter­melon, melon, and straw­ber­ries, and veg­eta­bles like let­tuce, cab­bage, and spinach con­tain 90-99 per­cent wa­ter. Fruits like ap­ple, grapes, or­anges, and pineap­ple con­tain 80-89 per­cent wa­ter. All of these could be used to re­hy­drate. In fact, on the av­er­age about 20 per­cent of our to­tal wa­ter in­take comes from food, and 80 per­cent comes from drink­ing wa­ter and bev­er­ages.”

THE RIGHT DRINKS TO CHOOSE

 “I lit­er­ally have to chase my daugh­ter to drink! I have to find the per­fect glass that she would drink most with, which was this col­or­ful straw tum­bler. Apart from wa­ter, I also make her drink milk and juice like our fa­vorite Tang, all to keep her hy­drated! As a mom, you just have to find out what works for your kids and stay pa­tient!,” A Doting mom-of two said remembering what she had to do just make her daughter dehydrated.

She added, “I found that my daugh­ter per­son­ally drinks the most with a straw bot­tle. When she drinks straight from a glass, usu­ally nagsip siya, pag nabasa lang yung lips, parang drink na iyon. But then, in the same sce­nario when I made her drink through a straw, she can re­ally fin­ish a glass or a bot­tle.”

Bianca Gonzalez also added a quick beat-the-heat tip on her interview: “I usu­ally make

Kasi my daugh­ter drink room tem­per­a­ture wa­ter but when it’s sum­mer, I like to put just one piece of ice just to make it a bit cool and more en­tic­ing to drink.”

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1.https://www.tetadventurer.com/2019/05/hydration-campaign-uhawareyou.html

2. http://www.979homeradio.com/index.php/uhawareyou-83-of-filipino-kids-are-not-drinking-enough/

3.https://www.earthlingorgeous.com/2019/05/how-uhawareyou-things-about-being-dehydrated-you-should-know.html/img_20190528_093045

4. https://twitter.com/hashtag/UhawAreYou?src=hash

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