Healthy food is important for children, but what they drink also matters. Dr. Leana Wen explains what health and nutrition ...

School-age children who are between four and eight years old should be getting 1.2 litres (five cups), while kids over nine ...

Parents can set an example for kids by consuming water adequately every day. Children must be encouraged to choose water over sugary drinks, so as to stay healthy, strong, and disease-free.

Pour them a glass of water or regular milk, according to new beverage recommendations for kids. The evidence-based drink recommendations for kids ages 5-18 were created by experts from the Academy ...

Mark Hart, R-Falmouth, on Wednesday, which would remove the 1950s-era statewide mandate for drinking water systems to be fluoridated, instead wresting control of that decision to the local ...

CNN: What’s your takeaway from this guidance on drinks, and how will you apply them to your own kids? Wen: My overall takeaway is that plain drinking water is the best form of hydration.

School-age children who are between four and eight years old should be getting 1.2 litres (five cups), while kids over ... a child will be drinking plenty. Milk contains water, as does food ...