| Summarized Questions |
n (%) |
| Food is usually brought from home to school |
|
| Yes |
276(33.7) |
| No |
544(66.3) |
| Do you usually buy snacks/food at school during break time |
|
| Yes |
706(86.1) |
| No |
114(13.9) |
| Type of food usually brought from the house to school |
|
| Packaged or canned Fruit juice (eg. Kalyppo) |
62(22.5) |
| Cocoa/Milo drink |
11(4.0) |
| Pastries (eg. cookies, biscuits, cakes) |
76(27.5) |
| Candies (toffee), chocolate |
34(12.3) |
| Cooked food |
93(33.7) |
| Type of snack/food usually bought in school |
|
| Yogurt/fan ice, fan chocolate |
112(13.7) |
| Soft drink (coke, fanta, sprite etc) |
107(13.0) |
| Canned/packaged fruit juice (eg. Kalyppo) |
96(11.7) |
| Fruit(eg. orange, banana, pineapple) |
28(3.4) |
| Pastries (eg. cake, meat pie, sausage roll, doughnut) |
135(16.5) |
| Cooked food (eg. Waakye1, kenkey2 and fish, fried rice and fried chicken) |
342(41.7) |
| Who influences your decision on what you buy in school |
|
| Parents |
216(26.3) |
| Elder sibling |
74(9.0) |
| Friends/class mate |
82(10.0) |
| No one (I decide on my own) |
448(54.6) |
| Snack preferences during the day |
|
| Soft drink |
287(35.0) |
| Ice cream/(fan ice, yoghurt) |
208(25.4) |
| Pastries(meat pie, doughnut, cakes, cookies) |
177(21.6) |
| Fruit (banana, orange, water melon, pineapple) |
119(14.5) |
| No preference |
29(3.5) |
| Frequency of soft drink consumption (no. of bottles consumed per week) |
|
| None |
277(33.8) |
| 1-2 bottles/week |
301(36.7) |
| 3-4 bottles/week |
163(19.8) |
| 5-6 bottles/week |
35(4.3) |
| >7 bottles/week |
44(5.4) |
| Place where soft drink was consumed (n = 543) |
|
| At School |
287(52.9) |
| At Fast food setting/ restaurant/ supermarket/shop |
164(30.2) |
| At Home |
92(16.9) |
| Main reason for drinking soft drink (n = 543) |
|
| Like flavour/taste |
327(60.2) |
| Satisfy thirst |
104(19.2) |
| Served or readily available at home |
64(11.8) |
| Served at friend’s house during a visit/party etc |
48(8.8) |
