A IMPORTÂNCIA DO CONSUMO EQUILIBRADO DE ÁGUA PARA MANUTENÇÃO E PROMOÇÃO DA SAÚDE: UMA REFLEXÃO A PARTIR DA PERCEPÇÃO DOS ALUNOS DO ENSINO MÉDIO

Abstract

The water is revealed as life natural foundation, since it is vital for balancing and maintenance of species, being the only mineral that is associated with all human activities, but among its multiple uses stands out the use for human consumption. Anyway, the transport of substances into or out of the cell, the regulation of body temperature and most of the chemical reactions that occur in it depends on the aqueous medium, among other contributions. However there are several controversies regarding the adequate daily intake of water necessary to the body equilibrium, based on this standoff, this action aims to know the perception that high school students of a public school, from Manaus-Am, have about the relation between balanced water consumption and maintenance and health promotion, as well as understand the multiple factors that they consider to be associated with fluid replacement.

Index Terms - Water, balanced consumption, human health.