Water intake
About Jo Turner
M.Sc. (Nutr., Diet. & Ex. Rehab.), APD, MAAESS, MSDA.
Joanne is a Dietitian and Exercise Physiologist – with a double Masters of Science degree. Joanne loves showing children and adults how easy and enjoyable it can be fit and healthy through good nutrition and exercise.
Joanne welcomes any of your nutrition or exercise questions.
Until kids are about 5, they often don’t feel thirsty and need to be prompted to drink. Dehydration or poor choices of drinks can lead to poor health. As kids get older their thirst mechanism will develop and hopefully with healthy eating habits they will only help themselves to the right fluids. Here are some tips for healthy drinking
- Kids need 4-6 glasses of water per day
- Milk and water are the two best choices for drinks (kids under two must have only full cream dairy).
- Kids don’t need fruit juice, but if they enjoy it, try to limit to a maximum of 125ml per day diluted with some water.
- Soft-drinks are best kept for parties or for some occasional special fun at home – try soda water and small amount of fruit juice or cordial.
- Keep cold water in the fridge in ready to grab bottles.
