Sources
The beverage we drink from the tap.
What is water?
This is one way we lose water in the bathroom.
What is ____ or ____?
When exercising, this is something to be aware of.
What is "If you're not peeing, you're not hydrating."?
This is the percent of our bodies that are made up of water.
What is 60-70%?
This is basic commons sense from the MD short film about how much water to drink.
What is "Drink to thirst"?
These are caffeinated beverages that DO provide our bodies with water.
Coffee, Tea, Caffienated Sodas.
This is a way our body loses water and cools us down when we are feeling over heated.
What is sweat?
These are factors that determine your fluid need at any time.
What is surrounding temperture?
Excercising?
Age?
Humidity?
Amount already taken in?
Name one process within our bodies that depends on having enough fluid to operate properly.
What is?
Blood flow
Cellular function
Proper function of all our organs.
Describe the skin pinch test to determine if a person is dehydrated.
What is - pinch the skin on the back of the hand. If the skin does not return to its original flat state after about 1-5 seconds, this person MAY be dehydrated?
Something we eat that also provides our bodies with water.
What is all types of foods?
This is the way our lungs contribute to decreasing water in our bodies.
What is breathing?
T F It's impossible to drink too much water.
What is FALSE?
The brain and heart are made up of this percentage of water.
What is 75%?
These are potential long term health effects of staying properly hydrated.
What are decreasing stoke, diabetes, and some cancers?
This is fluid that is found in the air on a hot day.
What is humidity?
This is the other way we lose water from our bodies in the bathroom.
What is _____ or _____?
T F
A person must drink 8 glasses of water each day.
What is FALSE?
Staying hydrated improves all of these.
What are?
Thinking / Cognitive ability
Energy
Mood
These are the group of people who most often tend to overhydrate.
What are athletes?
This is what the body does thru the kidneys, skin, and lungs to hold onto fluids.
What is using processes to CONSERVE water in the body?
This is the main organ that our bodies use to eliminate fluids from our bodies.
What are the kidneys?
This is the electrolyte that can go far too low when we drink a large excessive amount of water.
What is Sodium?
Our bones are made of this percentage of water.
What is about 30%?
If a Radio Contest asks you to come to the station to try to chug more water than any other contestant.
What is - Say NO?