Table 3.
Proportion of items falling into each system’s most and least healthy categories according to guideline implementation status and provincial rating system. Snacks (n 531) and beverages (n 618) within vending machines in eighteen recreation and sport facilities in the three Canadian provinces were audited between April and July, 2013; half of the facilities were implementing nutrition guidelines
| Most healthy category | Least healthy category | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating system | Implementers (%) | Non-implementers (%) | Overall | Implementers (%) | Non-implementers (%) | Overall |
| BC | 16·4 | 12·2 | 13·9 | 59·1 a | 72·9 | 66·7 |
| AB | 25·5 | 16·2 | 20·7 | 61·9 a | 76·6 | 69·3 |
| NS | 25·9 | 16·7 | 22·2 | 60·8 a | 74·7 | 65·5 |
BC, British Columbia; AB, Alberta; NS, Nova Scotia.
a
P <0·05 compared with non-implementers.