As the new academic year approaches, reusable water bottles should be an important item on the back-to-school list, said lead study author Dr. Anisha Patel, professor of pediatrics at Stanford Univ…
Making water more accessible to kids leads to an increase in hydration and a decrease in children being overweight, according to a new study. And the change didn’t require a focus on children’s weight., included more than 1,200 students across 18 schools in California’s Bay Area.
At the end of the 15-month study period, the schools in the control group had more than seven times the prevalence of students classified as overweight than the schools that gained access to drinking water, the study showed. “It’s important to make sure that children have access to drinking vessels so they can actually drink water throughout the day,” she added. “If they don’t have a way to actually drink the water, then they only can take a few sips at a time.”
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