Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2009, 6 1276 Table 3. Significant differences in parents‟ opinions by educational level of the responding parent. High Low (n=393) (n=441) OR 95% CI Education the school should pay particular attention to helping children acquire healthy dietary habits knowledge about a balanced diet should be imparted at school to preschool children it is important that children learn about new foods at school Communication/involvement it is important that parents are informed about the content of the school‟s meals Food restrictions at school the school is allowed to restrict what children bring along to school as snacks soft drinks should be forbidden in nursery schools nursery schools should allow only natural milk (not sugared), water, and soup sweets should be allowed at school only as a treat 96 88 76 87 91 82 41 47 82 82 79 75 56 27 66 92 0.53 (0.29-0.97) 0.57 (0.38-0.86) 1.42 (1.00-2.00) 0.56 (0.38-0.82) 0.31 (0.20-0.47) 0.29 (0.21-0.40) 0.64 (0.46-0.89) 2.18 (1.62-2.94) OR (95% CI) with high education as reference category, controlling for gender of parent completing the questionnaire. 3.6. Associations between Several Aspects of the School’s Food Policy and School Food Policy Satisfaction Table 4 shows strong positive associations between parents‟ satisfaction with the school‟s food policy and being informed about the policy, being satisfied with the available food items at school, being informed about their child‟s food and, physical activity learning activities, and their perception that teaching balanced dietary habits is important at their child‟s school. Table 4. Significant results of logistic regression analyses: satisfaction with school food policy as dependent variable and opinions/satisfaction about own school food policy as independent variable. I'm satisfied with the school food policy Not Satisfied satisfieda % % ORb (95% CI) (n = 216) (n = 634) Teaching balanced dietary habits is an important point of interest at my child's/our school I'm informed about the school food policy (rules and agreements about food at school). 52 42 85 92 5.60 (3.92-7.99) 16.96 (11.24-25.6)