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how much water?
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How much water should my 9 year old be drinking per day?
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None at all.
As long as he eats a varied diet (there is a lot of fluid in food, even meat) and drinks fluids of any description - tea, squash, juices, pop - he will be perfectly healthy.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/womenshealth/featur es/watermyth.htm
As long as he eats a varied diet (there is a lot of fluid in food, even meat) and drinks fluids of any description - tea, squash, juices, pop - he will be perfectly healthy.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/womenshealth/featur es/watermyth.htm
Thanks Ethel, i was kinda worried the other way, we recently had a weekend away and spending all our time together i noticed that he drank lots, and went to the loo lots and lots too, so yesterday i measured how much he drank and it was approx 2.5litres and was worried that it was maybe too much if there is such a thing as too much?
Oh I see! Sorry for getting the wrong end of the stick.
In the past fortnight a young, fit man died from drinking 17 pints of water in a day
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-103279 5/Man-dies-water-overdose-drinking-17-pints-ho urs-soothe-sore-gums.html
He's not the only one:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-450341 /Marathon-victim-died-drinking-MUCH-water.html
And a middle aged woman suffered brain damage:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1038 118/Are-danger-drinking-water.html
And the trend is seen throughout the Western world.
So yes, you can drink too much water.
If he is a very active boy he will get thirstier, but take him to the GP to get him checked if you are worried.
In the past fortnight a young, fit man died from drinking 17 pints of water in a day
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-103279 5/Man-dies-water-overdose-drinking-17-pints-ho urs-soothe-sore-gums.html
He's not the only one:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-450341 /Marathon-victim-died-drinking-MUCH-water.html
And a middle aged woman suffered brain damage:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1038 118/Are-danger-drinking-water.html
And the trend is seen throughout the Western world.
So yes, you can drink too much water.
If he is a very active boy he will get thirstier, but take him to the GP to get him checked if you are worried.
Get him checked out to be sure but he is probably OK. I have always drunk loads and am always at the water tap, so is my son. It's just the way we are. 2.5 litres is not excessive in warm weather if a child is energetic. Those people that have died from drinking too much water were drinking far in excess of this.
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