Water consumption, social support and weight status in 8th and 11th grade students participating in the School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) survey in Texas, USA
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to examine the association between water consumption and weight status among adolescents at two key developmental stages, early and late adolescence, and to further examine the potential role of parental and peer support for adolescent water drinking behaviors and weight status. Results are presented in three manuscripts. The first article is a systematic review of the literature, while the second and third articles present the results of an analysis of data collected from a diverse sample of 8th and 11th grade students participating in the School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) survey conducted in 2009-2011 in Texas, USA. A systematic review of the literature was conducted to explore the published evidence for an association between water consumption and weight status in children and adolescents. Searches of electronic databases and hand searching of references yielded six articles that met inclusion criteria. Then, using data on a sample of 6716 8th and 11th grade students who participated in the 2009-2011 School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) Study conducted in Texas, USA, a secondary data analysis examined the association between self-reported prior-day consumption of water, parental and peer support for drinking water and weight status.
Subject Area
Physical education|Nutrition|Public health|Kinesiology
Recommended Citation
Valmond, Janis Marie, "Water consumption, social support and weight status in 8th and 11th grade students participating in the School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) survey in Texas, USA" (2014). Texas Medical Center Dissertations (via ProQuest). AAI3665215.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/dissertations/AAI3665215