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Assessment of a Districtwide Policy on Availability of Competitive Beverages in Boston Public Schools, Massachusetts, 2013

SPECIAL TOPIC — Volume 13 — March 3, 2016

PEER REVIEWED

Figure. Access to competitive beverages among 56,259 students in 115 Boston Public Schools, 2013.

Type of School No. of Students No Access to Any Competitive Beverages, n (%) Access Only to Competitive Beverages That Met Standards, n (%) Access to Noncompliant Competitive Beverages, but not SSBs, n (%) Access to Noncompliant Competitive Beverages, Including SSBs, n (%)
Elementary 31,848 28,159 (88.4) 1,801 (5.7) 1,489 (4.7) 399 (1.3)
Middle 6,866 3,083 (44.9) 1,835 (26.7) 1,948 (28.4) 0 (0)
High 17,545 3,307 (18.9) 9,925 (56.6) 2,476 (14.1) 1,837 (10.5)
All 56,259 34,549 (61.4) 13,561 (24.1) 5,913 (10.5) 2,236 (4.0)

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