Table 2 Difference in reported health and academic performance and dietary behaviours of students between awarded and non‐awarded schools at baseline and two years after intervention.
| Grade | Primary 4 | Secondary 3 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Award | Award | Non‐award | Award | Non‐award | ||||||||
| Before/after | Before | After | Δ% | Before | After | Δ% | Before | After | Δ% | Before | After | Δ% |
| Reported academic result (poor to fair) | 22.6% (74) | 18.9% (75) | −3.7% | 15.0% (9) | 20.4% (10) | +5.4% | 42.6% (123) | 28.3% (83) | −14.3%** (p = 0.000) | 34.3% (59) | 37.3% (135) | +3.0% |
| Reported health status (poor to fair) | 28.8% (111) | 20.9% (95) | −7.9%** (p = 0.009) | 27.7% (18) | 25.0% (14) | −2.7% | 45.6% (145) | 38.7% (125) | −6.9% | 45.1% (82) | 33.8% (130) | −11.3%** (p = 0.009) |
| Dietary behaviour | ||||||||||||
| Had <2 servings of fruit per day | 74.8% (288) | 82.0% (323) | +7.2%** (p = 0.015) | 63.1% (41) | 81.6% (40) | +18.5%** (p = 0.031) | 90.1% (291) | 91.8% (292) | +1.7% | 84.0% (152) | 91.8% (346) | +7.8%** (p = 0.005) |
| Had <3 servings of vegetable per day | 80.2% (308) | 92.8% (347) | +12.6%** (p = 0.000) | 66.2% (43) | 95.5% (42) | +29.3%** (p = 0.000) | 93.8% (304) | 97.5% (310) | +3.7%** (p = 0.023) | 89.4% (161) | 96.0% (362) | +6.6%** (p = 0.002) |
| Had <2 glasses of milk per day | 83.7% (323) | 88.5% (378) | +4.8%** (p = 0.045) | 81.5% (53) | 94.2% (49) | +12.7%** (p = 0.041) | 95.4% (309) | 95.9% (305) | +0.5% | 91.8% (167) | 95.5% (365) | +3.7% |
| Skip breakfast | 5.7% (22) | 9.5% (37) | +3.8%** (p = 0.045) | 14.1% (9) | 15.9% (7) | +1.8% | 30.9% (100) | 33.2% (95) | +2.3% | 27.2% (49) | 24.3% (86) | −2.9% |
| Buy food from hawkers | 15.8% (60) | 10.5% (47) | −5.3%** (p = 0.024) | 16.1% (10) | 13.2% (7) | −2.9% | 49.2% (154) | 42.3% (134) | −6.9% | 42.5% (76) | 41.5% (158) | −1.0% |
| Buy food from fast food shops | 71.2% (272) | 62.8% (278) | −8.4%** (p = 0.010) | 64.1% (41) | 70.4% (38) | +6.3% | 84.3% (268) | 81.9% (262) | −2.4% | 78.3% (141) | 76.8% (292) | −1.5% |
| Dietary behaviour (7 days preceding the survey) | ||||||||||||
| Ate crisp four times or above | 19.1% (74) | 12.6% (57) | −6.5%** (p = 0.010) | 12.3% (8) | 8.9% (5) | −3.4% | 16.5% (53) | 10.5% (34) | −6.0%** (p = 0.025) | 11.0% (20) | 10.2% (39) | −0.8% |
| Ate chocolates four times or above | 29.8% (115) | 22.4% (100) | −7.4%** (p = 0.015) | 24.6% (16) | 10.9% (6) | −13.7% | 33.6% (109) | 23.8% (77) | −9.8%** (p = 0.005) | 30.2% (55) | 36.8% (136) | +6.6% |
| Ate preserved food four times or above | 13.0% (50) | 10.5% (47) | −2.5% | 12.3% (8) | 19.6% (11) | +7.3% | 6.2% (20) | 6.8% (22) | +0.6% | 11.0% (20) | 8.3% (32) | −2.7% |
**p<0.05.