title: The school nutrition environment and its association with soft drink intakes in seven countries across Europe--the ENERGY project.
abstract: The school is an important setting for promoting healthy eating especially at the transition from childhood to adolescence. This study contributes to the literature by describing practices within physical, political and sociocultural aspects of the school nutrition environment in seven countries across Europe based on questionnaires to the school management, and exploring their associations with soft drink consumption reported on questionnaires by 10-12 year olds. Several of the commonly self-reported practices could be supportive of a healthy diet (time to eat, access to water, restriction on marketing), but some practices were underutilized (i.e. discussion with stakeholders, healthy foods at events). Only a few associations of practices with the pupils׳ soft drink consumption were found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1046, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: nanna.lien@medisin.uio.no.
authors.forename: Nanna
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lien
authors.affiliation: EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and the Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center; Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: mm.vanstralen@vumc.nl.
authors.forename: Maartje M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: van Stralen
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, 70 El. Venizelou, Kallithea, Athens 17671, Greece. Electronic address: oandrou@hua.gr.
authors.forename: Odysseas
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Androutsos
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, University of Agder, Box 422, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway. Electronic address: elling.bere@uia.no.
authors.forename: Elling
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bere
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiatry and Nursery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Edificio del SAI, C/Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain. Electronic address: juanfdez@unizar.es.
authors.forename: Juan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fernández-Alvira
authors.affiliation: Slovenian Heart Foundation, Dunajska 65, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Electronic address: Drustvo-zasrce@siol.net.
authors.forename: Nataša
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Pécs, Jozsef Attila Str. 7, Pécs 7623, Hungary. Electronic address: eva.kovacs@kk.pte.hu.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, A 208, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Electronic address: Wendy.vanlippevelde@ugent.be.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: van Lippevelde
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, 70 El. Venizelou, Kallithea, Athens 17671, Greece. Electronic address: manios@hua.gr.
authors.forename: Yannis
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Manios
authors.affiliation: EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and the Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center; Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: s.tevelde@vumc.nl.
authors.forename: Saskia J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Te Velde
authors.affiliation: EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and the Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center; Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: j.brug@vumc.nl.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brug
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002253:Carbonated Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005060:Europe; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Cross-national; Environment; Nutrition; School; Soft drink