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Interventions to increase the consumption of water among children: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…After all rounds of screening, 39 articles were identified and included. Eight additional studies were identified by hand searching references of included articles and other relevant articles, resulting in 47 articles that met the inclusion criteria and were included in the systematic review . Of these 47 studies, 24 studies could be included in the meta‐analysis because they had a controlled design and measured water consumption in an amount or frequency …”

“…The overall characteristics of the studies that were included in the systematic review are shown in Table ; specific details of each study are shown in Table S2. Of the 47 studies, the majority were based in the United States (24/47) or in Europe (14/47) . All studies were published after 2000, and most (40/47) were published in or after 2010.…”

“…Of the 47 studies, the majority were based in the United States (24/47) or in Europe (14/47) . All studies were published after 2000, and most (40/47) were published in or after 2010. Most studies were RCTs (24/47); other designs were non‐RCTs (9/47), repeated cross‐sectional controlled (1/47), or noncontrolled quasi‐experimental study designs (13/47) …”

“…Sixteen interventions targeted preschool‐aged children, and the other interventions (31/47) targeted school‐aged children. The majority of interventions were based in a school and/or preschool setting (28/47); other settings were the community (7/47) and home (4/47), and some interventions were based in multiple settings (8/47) .…”

“…Sixteen interventions targeted preschool‐aged children, and the other interventions (31/47) targeted school‐aged children. The majority of interventions were based in a school and/or preschool setting (28/47); other settings were the community (7/47) and home (4/47), and some interventions were based in multiple settings (8/47) . Around half of the interventions focused on changing children's diet and other lifestyle factors (23/47), while some interventions focused specifically on children's diet (11/47) or consumption of beverages (13/47) .…”