Table 4.

Changes, Challenges and Barriers to Healthy Eating at School after the End of The Intervention (Intervention Arms 2- training with food subsidy).

	Boys (Intervention 2-Rural)	Girls (Intervention 2-Rural)	Boys (Intervention 2-Urban)	Girls (Intervention 2-Urban)
Changes in canteen	Healthier changes -use the coupon and take the foods provided. -can save money and eat healthy food using coupon Least/unhealthy changes -no obvious changes in canteen -should add more variety of food, fruits, vegetable	Healthier changes - use the coupon and take the foods provided. Least/unhealthy changes -no obvious changes in canteen -should reduce oil in cooking -only take kuih and fruits that suitable to their taste -vegetable dishes too salty	Healthier changes -more food choice -good programme -use coupon provided Least/unhealthy changes -lack of hygiene -not informed on free drink provided -most did not take vegetables	Healthier changes -increased in food variety -increase of healthy food choices - programme helps to practice habit of eating healthy Least/unhealthy changes -food oilier than previous canteen operator -lack of hygiene - not informed on free drink -most take fruits and kuih than vegetable
Changes in convenience shop	Healthier changes -more food variety -healthier option than canteen -more mineral water/yogurt than SSBs Least/unhealthy changes -addition of ice-cream -has both healthy and unhealthy food on sale	Healthier changes -no changes Least/unhealthy changes -addition of ice-cream for sale	Healthier changes -no changes Least/ unhealthy changes -no changes	Healthier changes -no changes Least/ unhealthy changes -no changes
Changes in food habits	-mostly think they eat healthily than before -increased in likeness to vegetables, fruits and kuih	-changes in healthier food habits outside school -increased in fruits and vegetables intake -start to like to eat kuih, fruits and vegetable	-take healthier food during the programme	-take healthier food during the programme -continue to eat fruits after programme ended
Challenges faced during intervention	-food too oily at canteen -beverages too sweet	-healthy food is expensive -dishes sold too oily, too salty or too spicy -lack of fruits and vegetables in menu -lack of variety in menu	-lack of food hygiene in canteen -not satisfied with taste of food provided	-food too oily at canteen -more choice of unhealthy food at canteen -not satisfied with food taste in canteen
Barriers for future implementation	-healthy food might be expensive	-none	-healthy food might be expensive -concern on hygiene and cleanliness of food preparation	-healthy food might be expensive -healthy food means decrease in portion size -concern on cleanliness and hygiene of food preparation in canteen