Changes in school environment, awareness and actions regarding overweight prevention among Dutch secondary schools between 2006–2007 and 2010–2011

Table 1 Content of the questionnaire and main characteristics of the secondary schools at baseline and follow up (n = 187)

	Baseline	Follow up
	2006-2007	2010-2011
Content of the questionnaire
Number of questions on:
The school environment	28	32
School policy	17	21
Characteristics
Degree of urbanisation (%)
Rural	58	58
Urban	42	42
School size ^1,2 (median)	670	654
< 500 (%)	37	41
500-1000(%)	29	25
>1000(%)	33	34
Educational level ³ (%)
Vocational	44	44
Mixed	45	44
Higher	10	12
Who (co-) completed the questionnaire? (%)
Prinicipal or (assistent) manager	76	72
Teacher⁴	45	54
Employee of the canteen	24	23

¹ 36 schools (19%) moved from school size category between baseline and follow up.
² Vocational education schools included schools only offering ‘preparatory vocational education’. Mixed schools included schools offering ‘preparatory vocational education’ senior general education’ and/or ‘university preparatory education’. Higher education schools included schools offering ‘senior general education’ and or ‘university preparatory education’,
³ Of 16 schools (8.5%) the educational level changed between baseline and follow up.
⁴ Teacher in biology, in physical activity or in health and hygiene.

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