The German and Finnish school food coordinators separately most agreed with the promotion of healthy eating habits (P<0·001) and organic food (P<0·001) by schools. The Finnish schools were most likely to adopt a food and nutrition policy (P<0·001), a health-promoting school policy according to WHO principles (P<0·001), to have a playground (P<0·001), to involve physical activity themes in teaching (P = 0·012) and to have a canteen (P<0·001)