Table 2.

Characteristics of the sales of foods and beverages, by education level and type of school, in a sample of primary and secondary schools in Montevideo (Uruguay), July–November 2016

	Education level
	Primary		Secondary
	Public (n 24)	Private (n 14)	Public (n 8)	Private (n 13)
Percentage of schools that sell foods and beverages (%)
Responsible for the sales of foods and beverages	58	86	100	100
Principal/staff	57	64	0	0
Outsourced third party	0	36	100	100
Parents	29	0	0	0
Students	14	0	0	0
Average number of products sold	7·8	20·7	44·6	39·6
Percentage of products in each of the categories defined by the Ministry of Health (%)
Natural or minimally processed foods and beverages	10	11	15	18
Foods prepared at the point of sale/Homemade foods and beverages	47	22	30	33
Processed packaged products that meet nutritional criteria	5	9	1	7
Processed packaged products that do not meet nutritional criteria	38	58	54	43