Table 1.
Characteristics of childcare programs, meals and snacks and children observed in 6 early childcare centres participating in CACFP, Boston December 2019–March 2020*
| Number | (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Childcare program-level observations | ||
| n programs observed | 6 | |
| Sponsorship status | ||
| Independent/on-site prep | 2 | 33·3 |
| Sponsored/vendor | 4 | 66·7 |
| n observation days | 10 | |
| n eating occasions observed | 25 | |
| Breakfast | 7 | 28·0 |
| Lunch | 10 | 40·0 |
| Snack | 8 | 32·0 |
| Child level observations | ||
| n children observed | 46 | |
| n child days observed | 77 | |
| n child-meals observed | 166 | |
| Breakfast | 42 | 25·3 |
| Lunch | 73 | 44·0 |
| Snack | 51 | 30·7 |
| Child demographics | ||
| Age, years | ||
| Mean (±) | 3·3 | |
| sd | 0·9 | |
| Sex, n male† | 20 | 45·5 |
| Race/Ethnicity‡ | ||
| White | 7 | 18·4 |
| Black | 14 | 36·8 |
| Hispanic | 6 | 15·8 |
| Asian | 6 | 15·8 |
| Other/Mixed | 5 | 13·2 |
*
See Appendix 2 for the full Dietary Guideline for Americans recommended ranges for energy content and food group by age and sex.
†
n 44.
‡
n 38.