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Children and adolescents are high consumers of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) (soft drinks, energy drinks, fruit drinks, sports drinks and cordial) which are energy-rich, providing almost no nutritional valueWhilst a range of higher-level policy options to address SSB consumption are emerging, including sugar taxesGrowing research has explored how to decrease SSB consumption and promote water consumption in school settings. Recent reviews of school-based interventions addressing SSB consumption show a positive impact with a trend towards reducing SSB consumptionIn Australia, school-based health promotion activities have focused on nutrition, physical activity, canteens, changes in the school environment or a combination of theseIt was hypothesised that consumption of water and SSB among students with access to one or both interventions in a school setting would significantly increase and decrease respectively, when compared with students without access to either intervention.