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Table 1 Number and proportion of food and beverage advertisements by nutrition category, for summer and winter

From: An audit of food and beverage advertising on the Sydney metropolitan train network: regulation and policy implications

 

Summer

Winter

Total

p-value

Total number of advertisements

3657

3274

6931

 

Number (%) of food and beverage advertisements

999 (27.3)

916 (28.0)

1915 (27.6)

0.06

Mean number (SD) of food and beverage advertisements per station

5.6 (11.6)

5.2 (11.0)

10.8 (20.2)

 

Median (min-max)

2.0 (0–95)

2.5 (0–122)

5.0 (0–152)

 

Number (% of total food) of core food advertisements

64 (6.4)

90 (9.8)

154 (8.0)

0.04

Mean number (SD) of core food advertisements per station

0.4 (0.8)

0.5 (1.2)

0.9 (1.8)

 

Median (min-max)

0.0 (0–4)

0.0 (0–8)

0.0 (0–10)

 

Number (% of total food) of discretionary food advertisements

859 (86.0)

756 (82.5)

1615 (84.3)

0.01

Mean number (SD) of discretionary food advertisements per station

4.8 (10.2)

4.3 (9.9)

9.1 (17.9)

 

Median (min-max)

2.0 (0–91)

2.0 (0–114)

4.0 (0–142)

 

Number (% of total food) of miscellaneous food advertisements

76 (7.6)

70 (7.6)

146 (7.6)

0.62

Mean number (SD) of miscellaneous food advertisements per station

0.4 (1.6)

0.4 (1.7)

0.8 (2.6)

 

Median (min-max)

0.0 (0–11)

0.0 (0–16)

0.0 (0–24)

 
  1. p-value for test of equal proportions between summer and winter