Every year there are reports of people dyin

as a result of extremely hot weathe

Many of the victims are old person

whose hearts or breathing systems fai

But many die from a lack of wate

Water is necessary for life and good healt

We often forgot this fa

when we think about the other building blocks of li

such as vitamins,minerals and protein

We can live for many days without eatin

but two or three days without wat

usually leads to deat

The human body may look soli

but most of it is wate

New born babies are as much as 85% wate

Women are about 65% wate

and men about 75

Women ususlly have less water than ma

because woman,in general,have more fat cell

and fat cells hold less water than other kinds of cell