SynthesisThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2019
Factors associated with water consumption among children: a systematic review.
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- Sugar-sweetened beverages and water intake among Indigenous youth in the United States and Canada: a scoping review of interventions.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
- Peer education program to improve fluid consumption in primary schools-lessons learned from an innovative pilot study.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Changes in breakfast and water consumption among adolescents in Canada: examining the impact of COVID-19 in worsening inequity.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Understanding the behavioral determinants of adolescents' water consumption: A cross-country comparative study.Dialogues in health · 2023Article
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- School health promotion and the consumption of water and sugar-sweetened beverages in secondary schools: a cross-sectional multilevel study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Parental influences on children's dairy products consumption: a narrative review.Public health nutrition · 2023Review
- Atopic Dermatitis and Water: Is There an Optimum Water Intake Level for Improving Atopic Skin?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Social Representations of Drinking Water in Schoolchildren and Parents from Two Schools in Zapopan, Mexico.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Variation in outcomes of the Melbourne Infant, Feeding, Activity and Nutrition Trial (INFANT) according to maternal education and age 2 and 3·5 years post-intervention.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Teachers' Perceptions and Understanding of Children's Fluid Intake.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundWater is recommended as the main beverage for daily fluid intake. Previous systematic reviews have studied the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) among children, but none have focused on water consumption. Insight into factors that are associated with children's water intake is needed to inform the development of interventions aimed at the promotion of water consumption. The objective of this review was therefore to summarize the current evidence on factors associated with water consumption among children aged 2 to 12 years.
methodsA systematic literature search in seven electronic databases was conducted in May, 2018 and retrieved 17,850 unique records. Two additional studies were identified by hand-searching references of included articles. Studies were selected if they had a cross-sectional or longitudinal study design, focused on children aged 2-12 years and published in an English language peer-reviewed journal. Participants from clinical populations, studies that included data of < 10 participants and non-human studies were excluded.
resultsA total of 63 articles met inclusion criteria and were included in the analysis. We identified 76 factors that were investigated in these studies; 17/76 were investigated in a longitudinal study. There was evidence of positive associations between water consumption and child's self-efficacy, parental education level, parental self-efficacy, use of feeding practices such as restriction or encouraging healthy eating and study year. Evidence was inconsistent (< 60% of studies reported an association) for child's age, sex, BMI, consumption of SSBs and ethnic background of the parent. There was no evidence (≤33% of studies reported an association) of associations between consumption of milk or juice, parental emotional-, modelling- or instrumental feeding practices, eating school lunch or outside temperature and water consumption. The remaining 54 factors were investigated in fewer than three studies.
conclusionsThere is some evidence for an association between potentially modifiable parental and child-related factors and water consumption. However, most factors identified in this review were only studied by one or two studies and most studies were cross-sectional. More longitudinal research is necessary to investigate environmental, parental and child-related factors associated with water consumption that are currently under-studied and could further inform intervention strategies.
trial registrationPROSPERO ID# CRD42018093362 , registered May 22, 2018.
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