The session provided the latest scientific evidence behind recommendations for water, and the latest science on fluid consumption, hydration and dehydration, health promotion, and disease prevention.
Co-chairs: Maxime Buyckx, The Coca-Cola Company, and Rudy Florentino, National Foundation for the Philippines
Presentations
Physiology of Hydration and Key Health Benefits
Ann Grandjean, Center for Human Nutrition and University of Nebraska Medical Center
Consumption Data on Hydration as Well as Food Sources of Hydration
Mario Capanzana, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, the Philippines
Water As an Essential Nutrient, Water Balance, Signs and Effects of Dehydration, and Water Requirements in Europe
Eric Jequier, Institute of Physiology, University of Lausanne
Future Perspectives for Healthy Hydration, Including Current Limitations of Approaches for Establishing Quantitative Fluid Recommendations, Opportunities for Approaches Based on Water Losses and Factors of Variation, and Consequences and Perspectives for Healthy Hydration
Laurent Le Bellego, Danone Group, France
Fluid Requirements in Sports and Exercise
Xiaocai Shi, Gatorade Sports Science Institute
For more information, contact Heather Steele.