Table 5

GRADE evidence profile for comparison 2

Question: Nutrition standards/rules increasing the availability of healthy beverages in school compared with no intervention for health and other outcomes
Setting: Secondary schools in the USA
Certainty assessment
EffectCertaintyImportance
No. of studiesStudy designRisk of biasInconsistencyIndirectnessImprecisionOther considerations
Consumption of healthy FNABs—not reported
CRITICAL
Consumption of discretionary FNABs (follow-up: 1 y; assessed with: mean servings/d of sugar-sweetened beverages)
1Observational studiesNot seriousaNot seriousNot seriousbNot seriousNoneOne study (Whatley Blum 2008)39 reported no difference in effect both for boys (MD –0.01, 95% CI: –0.30 to 0.28, n = 183) and girls (MD –0.01, 95% CI: –0.20 to 0.18, n = 273)
  • ⊕⊕◯◯

  • Low

CRITICAL
Diet: energy intake—not reported
CRITICAL
Purchasing behavior/sales data—not reported
CRITICAL
Nutrient and calorie content of available foods—not reported
CRITICAL
Exposure to marketing of FNABs—not reported
CRITICAL
Anthropometry: overweight/obesity—not reported
IMPORTANT
Question: Nutrition standards/rules increasing the availability of healthy beverages in school compared with no intervention for health and other outcomes
Setting: Secondary schools in the USA
Certainty assessment
EffectCertaintyImportance
No. of studiesStudy designRisk of biasInconsistencyIndirectnessImprecisionOther considerations
Consumption of healthy FNABs—not reported
CRITICAL
Consumption of discretionary FNABs (follow-up: 1 y; assessed with: mean servings/d of sugar-sweetened beverages)
1Observational studiesNot seriousaNot seriousNot seriousbNot seriousNoneOne study (Whatley Blum 2008)39 reported no difference in effect both for boys (MD –0.01, 95% CI: –0.30 to 0.28, n = 183) and girls (MD –0.01, 95% CI: –0.20 to 0.18, n = 273)
  • ⊕⊕◯◯

  • Low

CRITICAL
Diet: energy intake—not reported
CRITICAL
Purchasing behavior/sales data—not reported
CRITICAL
Nutrient and calorie content of available foods—not reported
CRITICAL
Exposure to marketing of FNABs—not reported
CRITICAL
Anthropometry: overweight/obesity—not reported
IMPORTANT

Abbreviations: FNAB, food and nonalcoholic beverage; GRADE, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation; MD, mean difference.

a

Not downgraded for risk of bias as the study design already starts at low certainty.

b

Not downgraded due to indirectness: Although the evidence is from only 1 study from a high-income country, which may not be representative of all settings, the guideline development group decided not to downgrade for indirectness.

Table 5

GRADE evidence profile for comparison 2

Question: Nutrition standards/rules increasing the availability of healthy beverages in school compared with no intervention for health and other outcomes
Setting: Secondary schools in the USA
Certainty assessment
EffectCertaintyImportance
No. of studiesStudy designRisk of biasInconsistencyIndirectnessImprecisionOther considerations
Consumption of healthy FNABs—not reported
CRITICAL
Consumption of discretionary FNABs (follow-up: 1 y; assessed with: mean servings/d of sugar-sweetened beverages)
1Observational studiesNot seriousaNot seriousNot seriousbNot seriousNoneOne study (Whatley Blum 2008)39 reported no difference in effect both for boys (MD –0.01, 95% CI: –0.30 to 0.28, n = 183) and girls (MD –0.01, 95% CI: –0.20 to 0.18, n = 273)
  • ⊕⊕◯◯

  • Low

CRITICAL
Diet: energy intake—not reported
CRITICAL
Purchasing behavior/sales data—not reported
CRITICAL
Nutrient and calorie content of available foods—not reported
CRITICAL
Exposure to marketing of FNABs—not reported
CRITICAL
Anthropometry: overweight/obesity—not reported
IMPORTANT
Question: Nutrition standards/rules increasing the availability of healthy beverages in school compared with no intervention for health and other outcomes
Setting: Secondary schools in the USA
Certainty assessment
EffectCertaintyImportance
No. of studiesStudy designRisk of biasInconsistencyIndirectnessImprecisionOther considerations
Consumption of healthy FNABs—not reported
CRITICAL
Consumption of discretionary FNABs (follow-up: 1 y; assessed with: mean servings/d of sugar-sweetened beverages)
1Observational studiesNot seriousaNot seriousNot seriousbNot seriousNoneOne study (Whatley Blum 2008)39 reported no difference in effect both for boys (MD –0.01, 95% CI: –0.30 to 0.28, n = 183) and girls (MD –0.01, 95% CI: –0.20 to 0.18, n = 273)
  • ⊕⊕◯◯

  • Low

CRITICAL
Diet: energy intake—not reported
CRITICAL
Purchasing behavior/sales data—not reported
CRITICAL
Nutrient and calorie content of available foods—not reported
CRITICAL
Exposure to marketing of FNABs—not reported
CRITICAL
Anthropometry: overweight/obesity—not reported
IMPORTANT

Abbreviations: FNAB, food and nonalcoholic beverage; GRADE, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation; MD, mean difference.

a

Not downgraded for risk of bias as the study design already starts at low certainty.

b

Not downgraded due to indirectness: Although the evidence is from only 1 study from a high-income country, which may not be representative of all settings, the guideline development group decided not to downgrade for indirectness.

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