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Early Career Researcher Award 2022 Winner
Stephanie Nishi, from Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain), won the Early Career Research Award of 2022.
14th Hydration for Health Annual Scientific Conference
A new edition of the Hydration for Health Conference has ended, and it was a pleasure to welcome you. This year the conference focused on “From Behaviour to Health: Where does Hydration science stand? If you could not join us, here you have the replay!
Play with Splash!
Discover lots of creative games to play at home, with your friends… or even at school! Do you know what hydration is? Play with Splash! and have fun while learning healthy hydration habits!
13th Hydration for Health Annual Scientific Conference
Proceedings report of the 13th Annual Hydration for Health Scientific Conference published in the Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2021
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Drink kidney stones away!
Take care of your kidneys with a healthy hydration, and save health cost at the same time.
How much should our children drink?
A review of the current scientific evidence on the physiology of water and the importance of...
Hydration in pregnancy & breastfeeding
Review of physiological changes in hydration during pregnancy
Water intake recommendations
How much water should we drink a day?
This is the most recent official recommendation about water requirement, as published by the European Food Safety Authority in 2010.
Infants
0-6 months 0.68L/d (Through milk) 6-12 months 0.8-1L/d
Children
1-2 years 1.1-1.2L/d
Pre-teenager
9-13 years Girls: 1.9L/d
Teenager
14 years > Girls: 2L/d
Adults
Women 2L/d
Pregnant women
+ 0.3L/d vs adults
Lactating women
+ 0.6-0.7L/d vs adults
Elderly
Women 2L/d
Infants
0-6 months 0.68L/d (Through milk) 6-12 months 0.8-1L/d
Children
1-2 years 1.1-1.2L/d
Pre-teenager
9-13 years Girls: 1.9L/d
Teenager
14 years > Girls: 2L/d
Adults
Women 2L/d
Pregnant women
+ 0.3L/d vs adults
Lactating women
+ 0.6-0.7L/d vs adults
Elderly
Women 2L/d
