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Table 2 School food policies and environment in 20 high schools

From: School lunch and snacking patterns among high school students: Associations with school food environment and policies

School policies:

Yes

No

Percent with policy

   Closed campus policy during lunch

13

6

68%

   Policies about food sold in vending machines

3

16

16%

   Vending machines closed during lunch

   

Snack machines

4

12

25%

Soft-drink machines

11

9

55%

Number of vending machines/school:

Mean

SD

 

   Snack Machines

2.7

2.5

 

   Soft-drink machines

5.3

2.7

 

   Other type of machine offerings

5.1

2.4

 
  1. One (1) school missing
  2. Four (4) schools had no snack vending machines