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. 2015 Jul 27;12(Suppl 1):S7. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-12-S1-S7

Table 1.

Summary statistics of study sample, National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study (NYPANS), 2010 – overall and by state soda ban and school vending machine access

Soda allowed in school Soda banned in school
Variable Overall Vending No vending Vending No vending
N 8696 4452 969 2229 1046
Gender (%)
Female 49.5 49.7 47.7 49.1 51.2
Race/ethnicity (%)
Non-Hispanic White 58.1 64.8 62.6 47.2 39.6
Non-Hispanic Black 14.9 13.9 19.5 16.1 13.1
Hispanic 18.4 12.7 10.0 27.8 38.6
Non-Hispanic Other 8.6 8.6 8.0 8.9 8.7
Grade (%)
9 26.6 26.8 28.0 26.1 24.9
10 25.4 25.9 27.4 27.4 21.3
11 24.6 24.0 26.1 26.1 26.6
12 23.4 23.4 20.4 20.4 27.2
Census region (%)
South 37.7 34.5 30.1 47.0 42.8
Northeast 13.7 6.4 22.9 22.0 25.8
Midwest 26.5 41.1 30.0 0.0 0.0
West 22.1 18.0 17.0 31.0 31.4
Weight status
Overweight (%) 18.1 17.4 19.6 18.2 19.7
Obese (%) 19.2 19.8 15.0 21.3 15.1
BMI percentile (mean) 67.8 67.5 66.1 69.9 66.3
Beverage consumption – servings/week (mean, SD)
Soda 5.4 (7.2) 5.2 (6.7) 6.0 (7.7) 5.4 (7.9) 5.2 (7.9)
Diet soda 1.5 (4.2) 1.4 (3.9) 1.9 (5.1) 1.4 (4.3) 1.4 (4.5)
Sports drinks 3.5 (6.0) 3.2 (5.1) 3.7 (6.5) 4.1 (7.4) 3.8 (6.8)
Energy drink 1.1 (3.6) 1.0 (3.0) 1.5 (4.4) 1.3 (4.5) 1.2 (3.7)
Other SSBs (e.g., <100% fruit juice) 4.1 (6.0) 3.8 (5.5) 4.4 (6.9) 4.4 (6.4) 4.3 (6.3)
100% fruit juice 6.0 (7.4) 5.9 (6.8) 6.0 (7.6) 6.3 (8.5) 6.2 (7.8)
Coffee, coffee drinks, any type of tea 3.1 (5.4) 2.9 (4.9) 3.6 (6.5) 3.2 (5.8) 3.2 (5.6)
Water 15.4 (10.2) 15.3 (9.7) 15.2 (10.9) 16.0 (10.9) 15.0 (11.0)
Other dietary behaviors (mean, SD)
Days of fast food/week 1.9 (1.7) 1.9 (1.6) 2.2 (1.9) 1.9 (1.8) 1.9 (1.9)
Cups of fruit/day 1.2 (1.1) 1.2 (1.0) 1.2 (1.1) 1.2 (1.2) 1.2 (1.2)
Cups of vegetables/day 0.9 (1.0) 0.9 (0.9) 1.0 (1.1) 1.0 (1.2) 0.9 (1.1)