Drink To Your Health: How Drinking Water Can Prevent Disease and Sustain Health
Water is essential for human life. All the activities of the body (respiration, cardiovascular function, substrate transport, digestion, temperature regulation, cellular homeostasis) depend on water to function. An acute or chronic deficit of body water results in dehydration and disruption of metabolic and physiological processes, leading to severe impairments to health and wellbeing. Dehydration is a risk factor for many medical conditions, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cancer, pregnancy complications, urinary tract infection, kidney stones, gastrointestinal disease, eating disorders, and neurocognitive disorders.1
This continuing education course explores the critical role of water in maintaining overall health and physiological function. It reviews how adequate hydration supports essential bodily processes, including cardiovascular function, digestion, temperature regulation, nutrient transport, and cellular homeostasis. The course highlights the health consequences of both acute and chronic dehydration, emphasizing its association with numerous medical conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, kidney stones, urinary tract infections, gastrointestinal disorders, pregnancy complications, and cognitive impairments.
Note: this activity is coming soon. Have questions? Email us at [email protected].
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, nutrition professionals will be better able to:
- Understand the physiology of human hydration.
- Identify the types and causes of dehydration.
- Use appropriate assessment methods and tools to determine hydration status.
- Identify interventions and strategies for preventing and treating dehydration.
- Provide clients with recommendations for improving fluid intakes.
1. Armstrong LE, Johnson EC. Water intake, water balance, and the elusive daily water requirement. Nutrients. 2018; 10(12):1928.
Additional Information
Mary Franz, MS, RDN, is a registered dietitian and freelance health and science writer. Her work has appeared in Today’s Dietitian, IDEA Health & Fitness, Scientific American Mind, and other publications. She lives and works outside of Boston, Massachusetts.
Disclosures
Mary Franz, MS, RDN, faculty for this activity, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
The planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is

In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company (publisher of Wolf Rinke Associates) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).
RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.
Available Credit
- 10.00 CDR

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