1. What is the health significance of water for children?
A: Children and adolescents have large body surface area, high water content and metabolic rate, and limited kidney regulation ability, so they are more prone to water shortage or lack. A study found that children who are dehydrated under natural conditions tend to reduce their auditory digit span, semantic flexibility and image recognition ability, indicating that water shortage will also reduce children's cognitive ability. Two other studies show that children with mild dehydration have improved their short-term memory such as happiness, visual attention and visual tracking ability after drinking a certain amount of water.
2. How old does the child need to drink water?
A: The World Health Organization advocates that children within 6 months should be exclusively breastfed, so the moisture in breast milk can meet the needs of babies. Infants over 6 months should gradually add complementary food, which should also be mainly liquid and contain a lot of water. Children can drink water properly after adding complementary food from 6 months.
3. How much water do children of different ages need to drink?
A: Children of different ages have different basic metabolism and physical activity, so they need to drink different water. The specific suggestions have been written into the Reference Intake Standard of Water for Residents in China, but have not been officially announced. I can introduce the general situation: from half a year old to 1 year old, you need to drink 0.9 liters of water every day; 1 ~4 years old, need to drink 1.3 liters of water every day; 4 to 7 years old, need to drink 1.7 liters of water every day; 7 years old ~ 1 1 year old, need to drink 1.8 liters of water every day.
4. When should children not drink water? When is the best time to drink water?
A: Generally speaking, it is not advisable to drink plenty of water before meals 1 hour and during meals, because children's digestive ability is generally weak. Drinking plenty of water before and during meals will dilute gastric juice and affect digestion. It is not advisable to drink plenty of water after strenuous exercise. After strenuous exercise, body cells are in a state of serious water shortage, and too much water will make cells suddenly absorb water and expand. Children are advised to drink water between meals, a small amount and many times. Don't wait until you are thirsty to drink water, because at this time your body is short of water and has been hurt to some extent.
5. Which liquid foods can replace water and which can't?
A: The water contained in our traditional diet (including soup, fruit, porridge, vegetables, etc. ) In a stable range, it can replace water. Although fruit juice and all kinds of drinks contain water, we don't recommend children to regard it as the main source of water because it contains energy or other substances. It is best to drink boiled water to replenish water.
6. How to cultivate children's good habit of drinking water?
A: First of all, parents should let their children get used to a light diet and give them less sweet drinks. Secondly, parents themselves should set an example by drinking more boiled water and less drinks. It's best not to have sweet drinks at home. Finally, let children have boiled water to drink at any time, often remind children to drink water, and develop the habit of bringing boiled water when going out.
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