Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2009, 6 3.2. Availability and Restrictions at Nursery Schools Table 1 shows the daily availability of food and beverages in nursery schools. Most schools provide water, soup, fruit juice, and natural- and sugared milk beverages to the children. Soft drinks are available in only two of the 50 schools, in 35 schools soft drinks are not allowed, and in eight schools only occasionally. Sweets and crisps are only allowed for special occasions, and this even only in ten and six schools, respectively, whereas cake and pastry are not allowed in nine schools but occasionally allowed in 36 schools. Forty-five of the 50 schools responded to have a “fruit day”. In 20 schools, fruit is available outside the regular meal for at least one day a week; in one school, fruit is available for at least 2-3 days, whereas in the remaining 29 schools (58%), in general, no fruit is available at the school. Of the schools offering a warm meal, 56% offer fruit as dessert at least once a week (13 schools once, six schools 2-3 times, and one school almost daily); 44% offer no fruit as dessert or offer it less than once a week. Table 1. Availability of food and beverages at nursery schools in East- and West-Flanders, anno 2008 (n = 50). 1272 Water (free, paid or both) free paid Natural milk Sugared milk drinks Chocolate milk Other sugared milk drinks Yoghurt Fruit juice Sugared soft drinks Diet soft drinks Coffee/tea Soup Bread/sandwiches Hot meal Sweets Available daily at school n % 49 98 46 92 16 32 42 84 38 76 38 76 29 58 8 16 41 82 2 4 1 2 5 10 44 88 5 10 38 76 0 0 3.3. Parents’ Opinions Almost all parents (M: 98%; F: 94%) agreed that healthy food habits need to be initiated early in life and expected (M: 94%; F: 91%) that the school pays particular attention in helping the children acquire these healthy dietary behaviours (Table 2). Only a small percentage of the parents (M: 16%; F: 13%), think that the influence of parents is so great that schools cannot change the children‟s food intake, thereby indicating that parents think that the school can make a difference.