Intervention to Promote Water Consumption in School Lunchrooms

This study, randomized, delivered, and analyzed at the school level, evaluated the effect of simple, structural changes to school lunch rooms to make drinking water easier for students during lunch time. Half of the schools received posters promoting drinking water and installed cup dispensers stocked with cups next to lunchroom water fountains, while the other half received no intervention. The intervention outcomes were average water consumption and the proportion of students in the lunchroom who opted to drink water, as well as the proportion of students with sugary drinks at lunch. No identifying information on individual children was collected.

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Key information

Conditions

Water Consumption Schools

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

School in Boston Public School district in Boston, MA; had to have plumbed drinking water access in school cafeteria -

Exclusion criteria

School had no plumbed drinking water access in cafeteria.

Treatment and study plan

Grab a Cup, Fill it Up

Other

The intervention involved installing promotional posters encouraging students to drink water as well as cup dispensers stocked with disposable 5 ounce cups near water fountains in school lunchrooms.

Primary outcomes

Change in average student water consumption at lunch

Time frame: March 2013-June 2013, up to 4 months

Secondary outcomes

Change in proportion of students drinking water at lunch

Time frame: March 2013-June 2013, up to 4 months
Change in proportion of students with sugar-sweetened beverages at lunch

Time frame: March 2013-June 2013, up to 4 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Grab a Cup, Fill it up! An Intervention to Promote Convenience of Drinking Water and Increase Student Water Consumption During School Lunch.

Important dates

Study start: 2013
Primary completion: 2013
Study completion: 2013
First posted: Oct 31, 2014
Registry last updated: Oct 31, 2014

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