Table 4.

Beverage consumption at school^a and sources of these beverages, among grade 1 and grade 2 pupils and sources of beverages, based on questionnaires that were filled out 3 months after the intervention (May 2007)

	Water	Non-caloric beverages	Non-sweetened milk and dairy drinks	Sweetened milk and dairy drinks	Fruit juices	Sugar-sweetened beverages
Boys (n = 171) Prevalence of use, %
None	16	70	92	76	55	24
<1 day a week	14	16	1	7	8	15
1–4 days a week	39	11	5	10	20	24
Every day	32	4	2	7	17	37
Drinks per pupil per day
Items/pupil/day (mean)	1.3	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.9	1.8
ml/pupil/day (mean)	457	173	74	107	252	582
Availability of drinks, %b
From home	35	43	41	65	84	65
From school
– Vending machine	1	34	6	0	3	24
– Tap from water cooler	12	–	–	–	–	–
– Tap from the toilet	52	–	–	–	–	–
From supermarket	2	17	0	2	5	16
Girls (n = 195) Prevalence of use, %
None	7	75	92	84	54	44
<1 day a week	6	10	3	3	9	8
1–4 days a week	24	10	2	9	24	21
Every day	64	5	4	4	14	27
Drinks per pupil per day
Items/pupil/day (mean)	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.8
ml/pupil/day (mean)	745	59	42	28	147	275
Availability of drinks, %b
From home	57	59	71	58	89	81
From school
– Vending machine	0	25	0	6	7	13
– Tap from water cooler	10	–	–	–	–	–
– Tap from the toilet	48	–	–	–	–	–
From supermarket	1	4	6	6	2	13

^aData available for intervention schools I and II.

^bAmongst users.