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Table 2 Total food items in school canteens (n = 64) assessed as ‘permitted’ or ‘not permitted’ based on the WHO-EMR model and healthy school canteen guidelines of Iran

From: Scrutinize of healthy school canteen policy in Iran’s primary schools: a mixed method study

Criterion

The mean percentage of food items in the canteens (SE)

P-value

Permitted

Not permitted

WHO-EMR model

14.4 (2.34)

85.6 (2.34)

>  0.001**

National guideline

45.3 (2.54)

54.7 (2.54)

0. 01**

P-value

>  0.001*

>  0.001*

 
  1. *Statistically significant at 5% level using the paired samples t-test
  2. **Statistically significant at 5% level using the independent samples t-test