FCS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Control Group, Childhood Obesity, Royal Bournemouth Hospital
2 Dec 2017
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It might seem pretty obvious that soda will not be the healthiest beverage for anyone, especially children. Preventing childhood obesity by reducing consumption of carbonated drinks: cluster randomised controlled trial by janet james this effect was quantified in the observation of 6 schools in southwest england. The sample size of this study was 644 kids aged 7-11 years old. The testing method was to instill an educational program on nutrition into the student curriculum. The control group was only monitored throughout the study and not offered the educational program. There was an immediate decrease in the amount of soda intake from the testing group, while intake slightly increased in the control group. After the year long program and trial period, the results were quite obvious. The control group experienced an overall increase of 7. 5% in regards to the number of overweight and obese children.
