Guidance: Eating and Swimming
Jun 06, 2023GUIDANCE
There is some evidence that eating before swimming increases the risk of vomiting, particularly in infants. However, no evidence supports eating before swimming as a cause of drowning. The ILS has published a comprehensive literature review of this issue which you can access below.
References
ILS. 2014. MPS18 Eating before swimming. Available at https://medical.ilsf.org/eating-before-swimming/ accessed 6 June 2023.
HSE. 2018. Health and safety in swimming pools. HSG179, 4th edition. Paragraph 107.
Citation: WIRH. 2023. Eating and swimming. Available at https://www.thewirh.com/blog/eating-swimming accessed 6 June 2023.
