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Water for Healthier Kids
A study of 437 children aged 8 to 13 in Massachusetts found that a community-based program encouraging them to replace sugary drinks with water was associated with an improvement in body mass index after one year. The standardized BMI score fell by 0.11 among program participants, compared with a rise of 0.08 in the group that continued its usual activities. Among children who were overweight at the start, 44.4% moved into the healthy-weight range, compared with 31.6% in the other group. The researchers cautioned against concluding that water alone caused the improvement: differences in water and sugary-drink consumption were not statistically significant, and other factors may have contributed.
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