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Determinants and Interventions to Promote Water Consumption Among Adolescents: a Review of the Recent Literature

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Purpose of Review

This review summarizes the latest scientific evidence on determinants and interventions to promote water consumption among adolescents.

Recent Findings

We identified 15 studies on determinants of water consumption and 11 interventions to promote water consumption among adolescents. Determinants of adolescent’s water consumption included individual (e.g., physiological, demographic, psychological, and behavioral variables), social (e.g., peer influence), and environmental (e.g., availability of water at school/home, warm weather) ones and school policies. Interventions with both educational/behavioral and legislative/environmental components seem the most promising to promote water consumption among adolescents.

Summary

To our knowledge, this is the first review integrating the results on both determinants of, and interventions to promote, water consumption among adolescents. Gaps in the scientific literature were identified and recommendations to improve future studies were given. Promoting water consumption among adolescents could be a promising avenue to lower obesity and promote early acquisition of healthy dietary habits.

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This work was supported by a grant from the Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

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  4. Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), Levis, Quebec, G6V 0A6, Canada

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Vézina-Im, LA., Beaulieu, D. Determinants and Interventions to Promote Water Consumption Among Adolescents: a Review of the Recent Literature. Curr Nutr Rep 8, 129–144 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-019-0275-0

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