Intervention to Promote Water Consumption in School Lunchrooms

Schools Clinical Trial

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

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Clinical Trial Description

n/a

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Schools
• Water Consumption

• NCT number: NCT02280707
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Harvard School of Public Health
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2013
• Completion date: June 2013