• Home
  • >
  • Insufficient hydration
  • :
  • Stay well hydrated
 

Stay well hydrated!

Insufficient hydration can be avoided by drinking the recommended daily amount of water throughout the day. When you are thirsty, it means that you are not properly hydrated.

Take care – Fragile !

The elderly and children are particularly vulnerable, so it is necessary to ensure that their hydration levels are adequate.

  • • Infants:
    • - It is difficult for mothers to identify when the baby is thirsty
    • - Infants’ kidneys are immature
    • - Infants lose water hot climates, and when suffering from fevers, diarrhoea and vomiting
  • • The elderly :
    • - The sensation of thirst diminishes with age
    • - Their water loss is greater (kidneys are less efficient)
    • - Their intake is often insufficient
elderly

Don’t forget !

Children don’t always think about drinking, even when they are thirsty.
Proportionally, their needs are greater than those of adults.

  • - Children do not have the reflex to drink when thirsty;
  • - Their needs are proportionately greater than those of adults;
  • - Their surface-to-mass ratio is relatively greater than those of
    adults and because of this they lose more water through their skin
  • - Their intake is often insufficient.

Zoom

How to help children drink more water :

  • - Propose water at the table. Moreover, it's the only drink
    that doesn't change the taste of food.
  • - Parents should always give their children a small bottle of water
    to carry with them everywhere.