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Balancing our daily water needs

Balancing our daily water needs inforgraphic.

The figures shown are for an average adult person living in a temperate climate who has an inactive lifestyle and a balanced diet. For an active New Zealand teenager in the summer months, the sweat and breathing output figures could increase markedly, pushing the water input ‘water we drink’ figure over 2.5L.

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