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Promoting Water Consumption for Prevention of Overweight in School Children in a Controlled Intervention Trial

NCT00554294 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2950

Last updated 2009-07-16

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Summary

A major goal in public health is to find effective, feasible and simple programs for overweight prevention among children. This controlled intervention study evaluates a simple environmental and behavioral modification for its efficacy in preventing overweight of children in the school setting. The intervention strategy focuses solely on the promotion of drinking tap water. The study was conducted in 32 elementary schools including about 3000 children in two German cities over 1 school year.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

environmental and behavioral change

In intervention schools a water dispenser was installed and children received water bottles as environmental intervention. Children also received a 6-hour-curriculum about the importance of water for the body that were held by the teachers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Research Institute of Child Nutrition, Dortmund

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mathilde Kersting, PhD · Research Insitute of Child Nutrition

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
9 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-04-30
Primary Completion
2007-06-30
Completion
2008-12-31

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