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So if your child has been working out and sweating for at least 45 minutes, the answer is probably yes, drink a sports drink. If your child is just hanging out playing video games, the answer is definitely no, drink water.
Gatorade and other sports drinks claim to help you hydrate better than water. But, in truth, they have little to support those claims. Study after study has found that, in general, the additives in sports drinks have no effect on water absorption in our bodies.