Table 2.

Summary of key findings for obesity policy documents obtained for analysis (n = 86)

	Yes		No
	n	(%)	n	(%)
Document was publicly available	62	(72)	24	(28)
Document contained references	54	(63)	32	(37)
Document contained childhood obesity-related references (research and other information sources)	45	(52)	41	(48)
Document cited obesity-related research (peer-reviewed research, non-peer-reviewed research, internal/external statistics)	40	(47)	46	(53)
Document cited peer reviewed obesity research	27	(31)	59	(69)
Document cited non-peer reviewed obesity research	36	(42)	50	(58)
Document cited peer reviewed obesity research AND was publicly available	21	(24)	65	(76)