[Cafeterias service and health promotion in the school context].

Objective: To assess the Secondary Schools (IES) cafeterias of Andalusia as services to promote healthy eating among students as well as to check the adequacy of the food supply to the Law on Food Security and Spanish Nutrition, and the knowledge of this law by the school managers.

Design: Observational descriptive transversal study.

Location: IES of Andalusia's eight provinces.

[ANDALIES project: consumption, offer and promotion of healthy eating habits within secondary schools in Andalusia].

Introduction: The school context stands out as one of the factors influencing the food practices of adolescents. Food consumption during the school day, the cafeterias' supply and the promotional activities proposed by the centers are objects of increasing attention to community health services.

Objectives: To describe students' eating habits during the school day; to analyze the food on offer by the cafeterias and surrounding establishments; and to assess whether secondary schools are suitable environments for the promotion of healthy eating habits.