The report emphasizes the importance of water intake for school students in the academic year 2024-2025, highlighting that water is essential for digestion, body movement, waste elimination, and temperature regulation. It provides general guidelines for daily fluid intake based on age and gender, noting that children and teenagers require specific amounts to stay hydrated. Additionally, it offers tips on how to maintain hydration, such as drinking regularly and choosing safe water sources.
The report emphasizes the importance of water intake for school students in the academic year 2024-2025, highlighting that water is essential for digestion, body movement, waste elimination, and temperature regulation. It provides general guidelines for daily fluid intake based on age and gender, noting that children and teenagers require specific amounts to stay hydrated. Additionally, it offers tips on how to maintain hydration, such as drinking regularly and choosing safe water sources.
The report emphasizes the importance of water intake for school students in the academic year 2024-2025, highlighting that water is essential for digestion, body movement, waste elimination, and temperature regulation. It provides general guidelines for daily fluid intake based on age and gender, noting that children and teenagers require specific amounts to stay hydrated. Additionally, it offers tips on how to maintain hydration, such as drinking regularly and choosing safe water sources.
The report emphasizes the importance of water intake for school students in the academic year 2024-2025, highlighting that water is essential for digestion, body movement, waste elimination, and temperature regulation. It provides general guidelines for daily fluid intake based on age and gender, noting that children and teenagers require specific amounts to stay hydrated. Additionally, it offers tips on how to maintain hydration, such as drinking regularly and choosing safe water sources.
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Abu Dhabi Educational Council
Al Ain Education Office
Alyahar Private Kindergarten & School
American Curriculum
Academic year 2024-2025
A report of importance of water intake for school students of the academic
year2024-2025
Water is an essential part of a healthy
balanced diet. Over half of the human body is made up of water. We need water to: digest food and to absorb nutrients move our bodies well get rid of waste products keep our body at the right temperature
Drinking water also keeps your teeth and mouth healthy.
How much water should I drink?
The amount of water that you should drink varies greatly from person to person. It depends on:
what you eat
your age what the temperature is whether you have a medical condition how your metabolism works if you are exercising
There is no strict amount of water you should drink each day. It's especially important for children and older people to drink enough water.
As a general rule:
males need about 10 cups (2.6 litres or 2600mL) of fluids every day females need about 8 cups (2.1 litres or 2100mL) of fluids a day — add another cup a day if you're pregnant or breastfeeding children need about 4 to 5 cups of fluids a day teenagers need 6 to 8 cups of fluids a day
*1 cup is about 250mL. It is the same size cup that is used in cooking.
How does my body get rid of water?
Your body gets rid of water throughout the day through:
breathing sweating urinating (doing a wee)
ow can I stay hydrated?
To stay hydrated, it's important to drink before you feel thirsty. This is especially important if you are exercising or if it's a hot day. Even if you're not thirsty, try to drink water regularly throughout the day.
Australian tap water is a good choice for staying hydrated. The fluoride in tap water is also important for healthy teeth. Tap water is safe and checked by health authorities.
At times you might be advised by health authorities to drink bottled or boiled water. This could be due to an incident that affects the quality of the water, such as a flood or the discovery of bacteria in the water supply.
You can stay hydrated by:
carrying a water bottle with you
keeping chilled water in the fridge on hot days flavouring water with lemon, strawberries or mint if you find it hard to drink plain tap water having water on the table when you're eating
