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Beverages include drinking water, milk, soft drinks, tea, coffee and cocoa, and alcoholic beverages.
Follow the links below to find information about the health effects of drinking different types of beverages.
Reviewed April 2009
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Alcoholic Beverages
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Links to information on alcoholic drinks.
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Drinking Water
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Links to information on drinking water, including water quality and the health benefits of water.
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Milk
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Links to information on the role of milk in the diet.
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Non Alcoholic Beverages
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Tea, Coffee and Cocoa
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Links to information about the health effects of drinking tea, coffee and cocoa or chocolate.
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Gastroenteritis
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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| Description: |
Information about gastro for babies and children in Australia. The advice may not fit children from other countries.
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Oct 2009
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Child nutrition - juices and sweet drinks
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Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Water is the best drink for children. Sugary drinks such as juice, cordial and soft drinks may cause health problems for toddlers and children if consumed in large amounts. Problems may include tooth decay, diarrhoea and a poor appetite.
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Aug 2009
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Lunch box tips
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Better Health Channel
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Healthy lunches and snacks are important for active children. It is important to offer healthy lunch box choices. Tips include fresh fruit, crunchy vegetables and a combination of protein, dairy and carbohydrate foods. Children who help choose and prepare their own lunch are more likely to eat it.
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Aug 2009
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Snacks for children - easy read
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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| Description: |
Food for child care, kindy, school, home and outings. Children need a range of healthy foods to grow, learn and play.
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Jul 2009
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Water, milk, juice and soft drinks
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Raising Children Network (RCN)
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| Description: |
A guide to deciding which drinks are best for your child and when to introduce them; includes tips on getting children to drink lots of water.
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| Date: |
Oct 2008
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Drinks
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Dietitians Association of Australia
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| Description: |
The human body is made up of 50 to 75 per cent water. Staying well-hydrated (especially in hot weather and when exercising) is crucial to making sure our bodies function at their best.
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Feb 2008
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Summer sanity: keeping baby cool
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Australian Breastfeeding Association
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| Description: |
Babies and mothers need special attention in extremes of temperature to ensure that they are comfortable and well hydrated.
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| Date: |
Jan 2008
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Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Cranberries (usually as cranberry juice) have been used to try and prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Cranberries contain a substance that can prevent bacteria from sticking on the walls of the bladder. This may help prevent bladder and other urin...
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| Date: |
Sep 2007
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| Title: |
Introducing drinks
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| Publisher: |
Raising Children Network (RCN)
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| Description: |
Information about why fruit juice, soft drinks, soy milk and similar products are unsuitable drinks to give your baby.
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Aug 2007
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Pharmacological treatments for psychosis-related polydipsia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Schizophrenia is a serious, chronic and relapsing mental illness with a worldwide lifetime prevalence of about one percent. An uncommon but serious complication of psychotic illness is polydipsia, the intake of more than three litres of fluids per day. ...
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Aug 2006
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| Title: |
Recommended intake of water and beverages
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Healthy Eating Club
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| Description: |
Recommended intake of water and beverages - like alcohol, tea, coffee, soft drinks, fruit juice, soft drinks
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| Date: |
Jun 2006
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Preoperative fasting for adults to prevent perioperative complications
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
General anaesthetic reduces reflexes that stop regurgitated gastric juices reaching the lungs. As this can be dangerous, people are often advised to have nothing to eat or drink from the midnight before surgery. However, the review of trials found that ...
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| Date: |
Aug 2003
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Bladder habits - myDr.com.au
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myDr
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| Description: |
Learning some good habits in earlier years can prevent many inconvenient bladder problems.
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| Date: |
May 2002
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Posture and fluids for preventing post-dural puncture headache
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Routine bed rest after dural puncture does not prevent the headache that may follow this procedure, but any role for fluid supplements remains unclear. Dural (usually lumbar) puncture involves passing a needle into the fluid-filled space around the spin...
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| Date: |
Feb 2002
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Constipation
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Sydney Children's Hospital,The Children's Hospital at Westmead
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| Description: |
Constipation is a word that describes how hard bowel motions are, not how often someone goes to the toilet. What causes constipation, how to prevent further problems and ways to increase fibre are outlined.
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Aug 2000
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