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Infants have the greatest percentage of total body weight as water. They have a greater fluid intake and output, proportionally, than older children or adults; therefore, imbalances occur more frequently and more rapidly and infants adjust less quickly to these occurrences. The elderly have little storage for extra fluids and the least percentage of total body weight as water.
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