Table 1.
Respondents’ views of the barriers to nutrition promotion in Indian secondary schools (% Agree *).
| Parents % (n = 280) |
Teachers % (n = 32) |
Total % (n = 312) |
χ2 # | df | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolescents like unhealthy foods | 81.4 (228) | 84.4 (27) | 81.7 (255) | 0.19 | 2 | 0.91 |
| There is immense pressure from the school canteen personnel to sell unhealthy foods | 47.5 (133) | 18.8 (6) | 44.6 (139) | 14.31 | 2 | <0.01 |
| There is lack of any Indian government mandate regarding school canteen policy | 63.9 (179) | 43.8 (14) | 61.9 (193) | 5.42 | 2 | 0.67 |
| The school management is reluctant towards the participation of student, teacher and parent in school canteen operations | 52.9 (148) | 15.6 (5) | 49.0 (153) | 16.60 | 2 | <0.01 |
| Students could probably violate the canteen policy rules | 40.0 (112) | 37.5 (12) | 39.7 (124) | 0.61 | 2 | 0.74 |
Agree * = agree (4) + strongly agree (5); χ2 # is used for comparing parents vs. teachers.