Scientific Papers
WATER IN NUTRITIONAL HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS: AN OVERVIEW
This paper gives an overview of human water requirements (Part 1) and water quality for nutritional health (Part 2). A balance between water input and water output is needed to maintain a normal hydration status. [...]
HEART RATE RESPONSES AND FLUID BALANCE OF COMPETITIVE CROSS-COUNTRY HANG GLIDING PILOTS
PURPOSE: To evaluate the physiological challenges of competitive cross-country hang gliding. METHODS: Seventeen experienced male pilots (age=41+/-9 y; mean+/-SD) were fitted with a monitor that recorded heart rate and altitude at 0.5 Hz throughout a [...]
SKIN BARRIER, HYDRATION, AND PH OF THE SKIN OF INFANTS UNDER 2 YEARS OF AGE
The goal of this study was to instrumentally evaluate the skin of healthy infants and to compare it to adult skin. A total of 70 infants, 45 girls and 25 boys, ages 8-24 months, and [...]
WATER AS AN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT: THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF HYDRATION
Water intake was described and quantified in samples of urban Guatemalan schoolchildren stratified by gender and socio-economic status. The frequency of consumption and quantity of plain water drinking was estimated from oneday pictorial registries of [...]