Jessica Sauve-Syed
Lead exposure and student outcomes: A study of Flint schools
Health economics
drinking water promotion access shows promise preventing weight gain study evaluated impact water first schoolbased water promotion access intervention changes overweight lowincome ethnically diverse elementary schools californias bay area clusterrandomized intervention control groups water first includes classroom lessons water stations schoolwide water promotion 1 school year primary outcome overweight prevalence bmiforageandsex 85th percentile students n 1249 56 fourthgrade classes 18 schools 9 intervention 9 control 2016 2019 participated evaluation baseline 7 15 months data collection interrupted 8 additional recruited schools coronavirus disease 2019 1262 students 18 schools 1249 474 girls mean sd age 96 04 years 634 hispanic recruited baseline 7 months significant difference changes overweight prevalence intervention schools 02 compared control schools 04 adjusted ratio odds ratios ors 07 confidence interval ci 0229 p 068 baseline 15months increases overweight prevalence significantly greater control schools 37 compared intervention schools 05 15 months intervention students significantly lower change overweight prevalence adjusted ratio ors 01 ci 00307 p 017 compared control students intervention effects obesity prevalence water first prevented increases prevalence overweight obesity elementary school students