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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Dec 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Educ. 1996 Nov;28(6):338–347. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3182(96)70123-1

Table 4.

Selected nutrient levels by number of meals consumed from school food service.

Number of School Meals Consumed Energy (kcal) % Energy from Fat % Energy from Protein % Energy from Carbohydrate % Energy from SFA % Energy from MFA % Energy from PFA Cholesterol (mg) Sodium (mg)
Zero Meals* from School (n = 420) 1991 (36) 32.2 (0.4) 14.2 (0.2) 55.1 (0.4) 11.9 (0.2) 12.0 (0.2) 6.0 (0.1) 203 (8) 2891 (67)
One Meal* from School (n = 1126) 2014 (22) 32.6 (0.2) 14.9 (0.1) 53.6 (0.3) 12.8 (0:1) 11.9 (0.1) 5.6 (0.1) 224 (5) 2969 (43)
Two Meals* from School (n = 261) 2180 (47) 33.6 (0.5) 14.6 (0.2) 52.8 (0.6) 13.5 (0.2) 12.0 (0.2) 5.8 (0.2) 235 (10) 3133 (88)
p value p < .003 p < .08 p < .003 p < .005 p < .0001 p > .80 p < .001 p < .03 p < .10
*

Adjusted mean (standard errors). Means adjusted for site, treatment group, ethnicity, sex, ethnicity x sex. Sample includes only those students identified as Caucasian, African American, or Hispanic; n= 1807.

SFA = saturated fat; MFA = monounsaturated fat; PFA = polyunsaturated fat.