Table 2.
Changes in Percentages of Students Served Fruits and Healthy Entrées (i.e., salads, sandwiches, yogurt parfaits) in Cafeteria.
| Before Intervention (%) | Change During Intervention1 (%) | Change After Intervention1 (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cafeteria Servings2 | Intervention | Comparison3 | Intervention | Comparison | Intervention- Comparison Difference | Intervention | Comparison | Intervention- Comparison Difference |
| (40 days) | (48 days) | (26 days) | (26 days) | (30 days) | (26 days) | |||
| Fruits | 15.4 | 39.1 | 23.7*** | −13.2*** | 36.9*** | 17.6*** | −4.9*** | 22.5*** |
| Healthy Entrées | 3.8 | 3.5 | 1.1*** | −0.8** | 1.9*** | 1.9*** | −0.5 | 2.4*** |
**
p <.01
***
p <.001
1
Relative to before intervention
2
Servings per student per day, among those visiting the cafeteria, i.e., percentage of students who took fruit or healthy entrées, among number of students visiting cafeteria each day (Interpretation of percentages are based on the assumption that students can only obtain one fruit serving and one healthy entrée item per day.)
3
Due to differences in the intervention and comparison school spring semester calendars, pre-intervention time periods varied between schools.