TABLE 3. Racial/Ethnic-Specific Association Between State Policy Changes Targeting Junk Food in Schools and Daily Soda Consumption Among 9th- to 12th-Grade Students: United States, 2007.
| Setting* | Non-Hispanic White, Differencea (SE) |
Non-Hispanic Black, Differencea (SE) |
Hispanic, Differencea (SE) |
Non-Hispanic Other, Differencea (SE) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vending machines | ||||
| Recommend or requireb | 0.08 (0.05) | −0.07 (0.06) | 0.00 (0.09) | 0.11 (0.07) |
| Requirec | 0.08 (0.05) | −0.12 (0.06) | −0.06 (0.09) | 0.04 (0.07) |
| Snack bars | ||||
| Recommend or requireb | 0.06 (0.05) | −0.07 (0.06) | −0.02 (0.10) | 0.13 (0.07) |
| Requirec | 0.06 (0.05) | −0.12 (0.06) | −0.08 (0.10) | 0.09 (0.07) |
| Concession standsb | −0.07 (0.05) | −0.19 (0.06) | −0.11 (0.09) | −0.02 (0.08) |
| Partiesb | −0.04 (0.04) | −0.14 (0.06) | −0.12 (0.08) | −0.03 (0.08) |
Note. Data on state policy change are from the 2000 and 2006 School Health Policies and Programs Study. Adolescent soda consumption and BMI percentile in 2007 are from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia are represented in the sample (AR, AZ, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, ME, MA, MS, MO, MI, NV, NH, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, WV, WI, WY).
The difference in daily servings of soda among students between states that required or recommended that schools prohibit junk food and states that did not, adjusted for student gender and state-level log per capita income, obesity prevalence, and political party of state legislature.
“Recommend” or “require” compared with “neither” (referent).
“Require” compared with “neither” (referent).
P< .001 for likelihood ratio test of interaction between race/ethnicity and policy change (df = 3) for each setting.