The Huge Impact Water-Bottle Fill Stations Can Have On Children’s Health

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A study published in the journal Pediatrics looked at the behavioral changes of 18 schools in California’s Bay Area after half of them were given water dispensers in the cafeteria and water-bottle filling stations in areas of high traffic. Veuer's&nbsp;Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.

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00:00 Scientists found the huge impact accessible water stations can have on kids.

00:04 A study published in the journal Pediatrics looked at the behavioral changes of 18 schools

00:10 in California's Bay Area after half of them were given water dispensers in the cafeteria

00:16 and water bottle filling stations in areas of high traffic.

00:20 At the end of the 15-month study period, scientists concluded the schools with more

00:25 difficult access to water had more than seven times the prevalence of students classified

00:30 as overweight than the schools that gained access to drinking water.

00:34 Dr. Asher Rossinger told CNN that drinking water first can reduce a person's thirst

00:40 and likelihood that they will drink sugary drinks.

00:42 In his own research, he found that children who do not drink water on a given day

00:47 consume twice the number of calories from sugary drinks as children that drank water.

00:52 As the school year begins, make sure reusable water bottles are an important item on the

00:57 back-to-school list.

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