"

THEHEALTHYNUMBEROFGLASSESOFWATERCONSUMEDI
NADAY
BYGRADE10-STECSTUDENTSDURI
NGTHESUMMERSEASONOF2022"

AMI
NIRESEARCHFORMATHGRADE10

PRESENTEDTO
MR.DENNISSERRANO
MATHTEACHER

PRESENTEDBY
EDMONVISTA
10-
STEC
 I
NTRODUCTI
ON

St
atementoft
het
opi
corpr
obl
em

Thismini
-r
esearchi
saboutt heheal
thynumberofgl
assesofwat
erconsumedin
adaybyGr ade10-STECst udent
sduringthesummerseasonof2022.Specif
ical
l
y,i
t
soughtananswertothequesti
on.

 Howmanygl
assesofwat
ercanaper
sonconsumei
nadaydur
ingt
hesummer
seasonof2022?

Pur
poseoft
her
esear
chpaper

Waterisav i
talpartofeverydayliv
esandisusedbybodyi nmanydi ff
erentway s.
It
’ssoi mportantthathumanscan’ tsurvi
veformorethanaweekwi thoutf r
eshwat er
(Low,2020).Gettingenoughwat erev er
ydayisimport
antforhealth.Drinkingwat ercan
preventdehydrat
ion, aconditi
ont hatcancauseuncl
earthinki
ng,resultinmoodchange,
causebodyt oov erheat,andleadt oconsti
pat
ionandkidneystones(CDC, 2022).

Unf
ortunately,manyofpeopl ear en'tgetti
ngenought odr ink,especi al
lyol der
adults.Olderpeopl edon'tsenset hir
stasmuchast heydidwhent heywer ey ounger
(Harvardhealthpubl ishi
ng,2022).Thebodyconst antlyloseswat ert hroughoutt heday ,
most lythr
oughur ineandsweatbutal sof rom regularbodyf unctionsl i
kebr eathing.To
preventdehy drat
ion,peopleneedt ogetpl entyofwat erfrom dri
nkandf oodev eryday .
Therear emanydi fferentopini
onsonj usthowmuchwat ershouldbedr inki
ngev er yday.
Healthexper tscommonl yr ecommendei ght8- ouncegl asses,whi chequal sabout2
l
iter
s,orhal fagal lonaday .Thisiscal l
edt he8×8r uleandi sv eryeasyt oremember
(Gunnar s,
2020) .

Thepur poseoft hi
sresearchistodeterminet hehealt
hynumberofgl assesof
waterconsumedi nadaybyGr ade10-STECst udentsgiventhef actt
hatwaterisv ery
si
gnificant,especial
lyduri
ngsummerseason.I talsoaimst odetermineift
henumberof
gl
assest heytakeishealthyornot.Thenumberofgl assesofwat erconsumedbyGr ade
10-STECst udentsatLegazpiCi
tyNat i
onal
HighSchool wasdeterminedusingstat
ist
ical
analysisandt reatment.
 READI
NG

Peopl
eoftenhearthatt heyshoulddr inkei
ghtglassesofwat erperday .Howev er,
thatmaynotbeent i
rel
ytrue,andt heamountofwat eraper sonshoul ddrinkcanv ar y
dependingontheirage,act ivi
tyl
ev el
,andmor e.Waterisanessent i
alpartofl i
fe,but
how muchshoul daper sonr eall
ybedr inking?Thecommonl ytoutedwisdom ofei ght
glassesofwaterperdaymaybesui t
abl
ef orsomepeopl e,buti
tisnota" one- si
ze-f
its-
all
"recommendat i
on.Someexper tssayt hereisalackofsci ent
ifi
cevidencet osuppor t
theseclai
ms.Othersnotet hatpromot er
si ncludebott
ledwat ermanuf act
urers.So,how
muchwat erdoesaper sonr eal
lyneed?

Backin1945,t heU. S.FoodandNut r

it
ionBoar dadv i
sedpeopl et oconsume2. 5
l
iters,or84.5fluidounces( floz) ,ofwaterperday,includi
ngf l
uidf r
om pr eparedf oods.
Today ,t he Centersf orDi sease Cont r
oland Pr evention (CDC)say t herei s no
recommendat i
onav ai
labl
ef orhowmuchpl ai
nwat eradultsshouldconsumedai l
y.The
2015–2020U. S.Di etaryGuidel i
nesdonotr ecommendaspeci fi
cdai lywat erorf l
uid
i
nt ake,buttheydor ecommendchoosi ngplai
nr at
herthanf lavor
edwat erandj uices.In
theUni tedKingdom,t heNat i
onalHeal t
hSer vi
ce(NHS)r ecommendsconsumi ng6–8
glassesofwat eraday ,or1.9l i
ters(al
most65f loz),i
ncludingwat erthatisinf ood.The
NHSnot esthisamounti ssui t
ableforat emperatecli
mat e.Itsaysmor ewi llbeneeded
i
nhot t
ercli
mat es. 

Tosum i tal
lup,theamountofwat erapersonneedsv ari
esbasedont hei
rage,
si
ze,acti
vit
ies,andtemper atur
e.Alt
houghmanypeopl ef
ollowtheeight-by-
eightrule,it
maybeout datedandov erlysimpli
stic.Thebodyi sincr
ediblygoodatmai ntaini
ngi t
s
waterbalance,anditurgespeopl etodr inkmor ebymaki ngthem thi
rsty.Peopl ewho
workoutdoorsi nhotcl
imat esorexercisevigor
ouslymayneedt oconsumemor ewat er.
Theycanal sogetf l
uidfrom foodshi ghinwat er
,suchasf rui
tsandv egetables(Seitz,
2021).

Inaddit
ion,wit
ht heheatwav econtinuingandt heheatadv isor yextended,itis
i
mpor tantforpeoplet
ost ayhydrated,especiall
ywi t
htemper aturesf eeli
ngl i
ketheyar e
i
nt hehigh90st olower100s.Increasedwat erintakecanhel ppeopleav oiddehy drat
ion
andheat str
okeonhotday s.Onav erage,peopleshoul ddr i
nkei ghtt o10gl assesof
wateradayj usttost ayhydratedandheal thy,accordingt otheCent erforDi sease
Control.Thosewithdev el
opment aldi
sabili
ti
esandseni orciti
zensar emor eatr iskfor
dehydrati
onbecauseofl i
mitedmobi lit
y,speechl imit
ations,anddi fficult
yswal lowing
(Kanzler,
2018).
 RESULTSOFTHEDATAGATHERED

The researchersel
ect
ed 30 student
sfrom Grade 10-
STEC in LegazpiCi
ty
Nat
ionalHi
ghSchoolandaskedt hem howmanyglassesofwatertheycoul
dconsume
i
nadayduringt hesummerseasonof2022.Andherei
sthedatagather
ed:

 
Respondent
s:

I
glesi
a,Ki
mber
ly-8 Ar
mar
io,
Kenwood-10

Or
ant
e,Joshua-2 Bal
ana,
Ker
k-8

Val
l
adol
i
d,Yv
onne-6 Ley
va,
Preci
ous-10

Br
on,
Ray
mund-8 Añonuev
o,Ral
ph-8

Mendua,
Angel
-11 Cer
bit
o,Al
yanah-10

Li
ta,
Jane-8 Cor
dov
il
la,
Chr
ist
ine-6

Zamar
,Angel
a-9 Mont
iver
os,
Kat
hleen-7

Madr
ona,
Sof
ia-10 Ascut
ia,
Chr
ist
ine-8

Mont
iver
os,
Clar
ie-8 Bar
cel
on,
James-5

Adi
vi
no,
Rhea-4 Sel
udo,
Franci
s-7

Per
ea,
Alr
ich-7 Al
ejo,
BabyRose-8

Echal
uce,
Aisl
e-8 Añonuev
o,Cami
l
le-6

Sant
il
lan,
Oli
ver-5 Cor
dov
il
la,
Pri
ncess-8

Sal
cedo,
Shanel
l-9 Bel
bes,
Jazl
yngai
l-10

Bi
ton,
Shar
mai
ne-9 Docej
o,Ly
nel
l
e-12
St
ati
sti
calTr
eat
ment
s
Measur
esofCent
ralTendency
Measur
esofPosi
ti
on

Per
cent
il
eRank:
 SUMMARYOFFI
NDI
NGS

Thismini-
research,ent
it
led"TheHeal
thynumberofglassesofwaterconsumed
i
nadaybyGr ade10STECst udent
sduringt
hesummerseasonof2022, "attemptedto
determinethehealthynumberofglassesofwaterconsumedi
nadaybyGr ade10- STEC
students,parti
cularl
y duri
ng the summerseason.Fur t
her
mor e,t
his mini-
resear
ch
soughtananswert othequesti
on.

 Howmanygl
assesofwat
ercanaper
sonconsumei
nadaydur
ingt
hesummer
seasonof2022?

Aft
ergoingthroughtheprocessofcol
l
ecti
ng,
analy
zingandi
nterpr
eti
ngt
hedat
a,
ther
esearcherdet
erminedt heheal
thynumberofgl
assesofwaterconsumedinaday
byGrade10-STECstudentsduri
ngthesummerseasonof2022.

1.Measur
esofCent
ral
Tendency
-Themean,
medi
an,
andmodeoft
hest
udywas8.
2.Measur
esofPosi
ti
on
-The1stQuar
ti
ler
esul
ted6.
55,t
he2ndQuar
ti
ler
esul
ted8.
18,t
he3r
dQuar
ti
le
r
esul
ted9.
59andt
he6t
hdeci
l
eresul
ted8.
75.
3.8t
hper
cent
il
erank
-Theper
cent
il
erankof8was4%.

CONCLUSI
ONSANDRECOMMENDATI
ONS

Ont
hebasi
soft
hef
indi
ngsr
eveal
edi
nthest
udy
,thef
oll
owi
ngconcl
usi
onswer
e
dr
awn:

1.Themaj
ori
tyoft
her
espondent
srat
ed8f
ormean,
medi
an,
andmode,
whi
ch
meansmostst
udent
sdr
ink8gl
assesofwat
eradaydur
ingt
hesummerseason
of2022.
 
2.The1stquar
ti
ler
esul
ted6.
55,
the2ndquar
ti
ler
esul
ted8.
18,
the3r
dquar
ti
le
r
esul
ted9.
59,
andt
he6t
hdeci
l
eresul
ted8.
75.
3.Si
ncet
hemaj
ori
tyoft
her
espondent
srat
ed8,
the8t
hper
cent
il
erankoft
hest
udy
was4%. 
4.TheGr
ade10-
STECst
udent
sdr
inkaheal
thynumberofgl
assesofwat
ereach
daydur
ingt
hesummerseasonof2022.
 
Recommendat
ions

I
nli
ghtoft
hef
indi
ngsandconcl
usi
onsmade,
thef
oll
owi
ngr
ecommendat
ions
ar
esetfor
th:
 

1.Sel
ectt
her
ightnumberofr
espondent
sthaty
oucanaccommodat
e. 
2.Makesur
ethatt
hedat
aiscompl
eteandcor
rectbef
orest
art
ingt
oav
oidmaki
ng
mi
stakes.
 
3.Makesur
etoknowt
hedi
ff
erencebet
weent
heLowerBoundar
yandt
heUpper
Boundar
y.
4.Dr
inkatl
east8gl
assesofwat
eraday
. 
5.Al
way
sst
ayhy
drat
ed,
especi
all
ydur
ingt
hesummermont
hs.

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ON