Tag: Hydration

Unexpected finding: People die from heat year-round in Florida; experts offer tips

Posted: June 30, 2021

Floridians and visitors to the Sunshine State bake during the summer. Daytime temperatures often soar well into the 90s, and the heat index hovers over 100. Heat can be so oppressive it causes death, and… Read More

Category: Health & Nutrition

Tags: Agricultural and Biological Engineering, athletes, children, construction, elderly, farming, heat, heat-related deaths, Hydration, landscaping, Serap Gorucu, vehicle, water, year-round

Back to School Sports Survival Tip #1: Include A Water Jug for Hydration

by Lourdes Mederos

Posted: August 16, 2019

With August comes the end of summer vacation, the start of back to school shopping and scorching days despite the torrential rainstorms that traditionally take over Florida’s summer afternoons. August is also traditionally when high… Read More

Category: Curriculum, Health & Nutrition, WORK & LIFE

Tags: Back to school, Hydration

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