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Table 1 Characteristics of schools involved in the focus group study, and number of participants

From: Parent and child perceptions of school-based obesity prevention in England: a qualitative study

School number

Year of intervention

School size (no. on roll)

Free school meal eligibility (%)

Ethnicity (% white)

Participants

Parents

Children

1

2011/12

<200

10-19

20-29

2 mothers

2 girls, 7 boys

2

2011/12

<200

20-39

90-99

-

4 girls, 3 boys

3

2011/12

≥300

40-60

50-59

1 mother

3 girls, 5 boys

4

2011/12

200-299

20-39

60-69

-

4 girls, 2 boys

5

2012/13

200-299

20-39

0-9

4 mothers

2 girls, 3 boys

6

2012/13

≥300

40-60

20-29

2 mothers, 1 father

6 girls, 4 boys

7

2012/13

≥300

20-39

60-69

2 mothers, 1 father

4 girls, 3 boys

8

2012/13

<200

0-9

90-99

2 mothers, 1 father

-

9

2012/13

≥300

10-19

70-79

2 mothers

3 boys

10

2012/13

200-299

10-19

10-19

10 mothers, 2 fathers

3 girls, 4 boys

Total

    

25 mothers, 5 fathers

28 girls, 34 boys