More than 60 per cent of an adult's body weight is water. In children, this proportion is slightly higher. Children don't cope with heat as well as adults and are more prone to dehydration, especially when outside playing on a warm day. In order to remain healthy, we need to maintain our fluid levels.
For children between the ages of one and five years old, this means an intake of between 1.3 and 1.6 litres every day.
This amount includes the water content of food. On average, that means drinking between 0.9 and 1.2 litres of liquid a day. But how can we ensure that the children are drinking enough, and what should we be giving them to drink?
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