School Food Policies Related to Soft Drink and Fruit Juice Consumption as a Function of Education Type in Flanders, Belgium
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Selection and Ethical Aspects
2.2. Data Management and Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics
3.2. SES Differences between Schools
3.3. School Food Policies Related to Soft Drinks and Fruit Juices
3.4. Access Times and Availability of Soft Drinks and Fruit Juices
3.5. Water Access and Promotion of Healthy Drinking Habits
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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All Schools in BE-F n = 745 | Participating Schools n = 234 | |||
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n (%) | Proportion of low-educated mothers | n (%) | Proportion of low-educated mothers | |
GSE | 173 (23.09%) | 13.32% | 69 (29.5%) | 12.04% |
VSE | 285 (38.05%) | 32.9% | 91 (38.9%) | 30.07% |
Total (n:234) | GSE (n = 69) General Education | VSE (n = 91) Vocational/Technical Education | p-Value | |
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The school has written SFP related to the consumption of soft drinks. | 44.0% (103) | 40.6% (28) | 39.7% (36) | 0.896 |
The school has written SFP related to the consumption of fruit juices. | 24.4% (57) | 27.5% (19) | 14.4% (14) | 0.06 |
The school prohibits the consumption of soft drinks and/or fruit juices. | 13.2% (31) | 18.8% (13) | 7.7% (7) | 0.035 * |
The school limits the consumption of soft drinks and/or fruit juices. | 55.1% (129) | 65.2% (45) | 46.2% (42) | 0.017 * |
The school allows students to bring their own soft drinks and/ or fruit juices. | 85.9% (201) | 76.8% (53) | 87.9% (80) | 0.063 |
The school allows sale of soft drinks and/or fruit juices to the students | 65.0% (152) | 65.2% (45) | 71.4% (65) | 0.401 |
The school benefits financially from the sale of soft drinks and/or fruit juices at school. | 44.0% (103) | 46.4% (32) | 47.6% (43) | 0.912 |
It is a problem to abandon this sale. | 12.8% (30) | 14.5% (10) | 13.2% (12) | 0.812 |
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Marro, F.; Bottenberg, P.; Jacquet, W.; Martens, L. School Food Policies Related to Soft Drink and Fruit Juice Consumption as a Function of Education Type in Flanders, Belgium. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 2718. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152718
Marro F, Bottenberg P, Jacquet W, Martens L. School Food Policies Related to Soft Drink and Fruit Juice Consumption as a Function of Education Type in Flanders, Belgium. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(15):2718. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152718
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarro, Francisca, Peter Bottenberg, Wolfgang Jacquet, and Luc Martens. 2019. "School Food Policies Related to Soft Drink and Fruit Juice Consumption as a Function of Education Type in Flanders, Belgium" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 15: 2718. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152718