TABLE 2.
Percentages of Items Compliant With Legislation Requiring School Nutritional Standards, and Average Number of Competitive Items Available in Schools, Before and After Implementation of Legislation: Healthy Eating, Active Communities Study (HEAC) and the High School Study (HSS), California, 2005–2008
No. | Beverages Compliant, % Prelegislation/ % Postlegislation | Foods Compliant, % Prelegislation/ % Postlegislation | Average No. Competitive Beverages Available Prelegislation/Average No. Available Postlegislation | Average No. Competitive Foods Available Prelegislation/Average No. Available Postlegislation | |
HEAC elementary schools | 6 | 57/100 | 0/61 | 1.4/1.2 | 6/6 |
HEAC middle schools | 6 | 84/81 | 30/63 | 13/12 | 22/24 |
HEAC high schools | 6 | 40/81 | 22/68 | 45/29 | 77/69 |
HSS schools | 56 | 54/71 | 37/64 | 44/33 | 67/57 |