Effectiveness of a School Drinking Water Promotion and Access Program for Overweight Prevention.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Drinking water promotion and access shows promise for preventing weight gain. This study evaluated the impact of Water First, a school-based water promotion and access intervention on changes in overweight.

Methods

Low-income, ethnically diverse elementary schools in California's Bay Area were cluster-randomized to intervention and control groups. Water First includes classroom lessons, water stations, and schoolwide water promotion over 1 school year. The primary outcome was overweight prevalence (BMI-for-age-and-sex ≥85th percentile). Students (n = 1249) in 56 fourth-grade classes in 18 schools (9 intervention, 9 control) from 2016 to 2019 participated in evaluation at baseline, 7, and 15 months. Data collection was interrupted in 8 additional recr

SUBMITTER: Patel AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10471511 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature