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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Health. 2009 Dec;79(12):593–605. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00453.x

Table 3.

Ranking of School According to the Proportion of Food Items Meeting the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Criteria Using the Inventory Approach Compared to the Ranking of Healthy Items Using the Checklist Format

School Code Inventory Approach
Checklist Approach
Number of à la Carte Items Meeting IOM Criteria* (%) Healthiness Ranking: Inventory Percent of Checklist Items Healthy (%) Healthiness Ranking: Checklist
A 1 100.0 1 100.0 1
B 22 95.5 2 66.7 6
C 32 90.6 3 62.5 13
D 18 77.8 4 71.4 4
E 6 66.7 5 66.7 7
F 62 64.5 6 50.0 25
G 16 62.5 7 50.0 26
H 89 55.1 8 63.6 12
I 81 54.3 9 58.3 17
J 35 54.3 10 55.6 20
K 39 53.8 11 58.3 18
L 54 53.7 12 58.3 19
M 34 52.9 13 66.7 8
N 50 52.0 14 54.5 23
O 103 51.5 15 50.0 27
Q 2 50.0 16 100.0 2
R 32 50.0 17 66.7 9
S 34 50.0 18 62.5 14
P 2 50.0 19 50.0 28
T 41 46.3 20 60.0 15
U 43 44.2 21 70.0 5
V 16 43.8 22 50.0 29
W 62 43.5 23 60.0 16
X 45 42.2 24 40.0 36
Y 80 41.3 25 54.5 24
Z 27 40.7 26 55.6 21
AA 41 39.0 27 55.6 22
BB 26 38.5 28 42.9 35
CC 53 35.8 29 44.4 34
DD 34 32.4 30 50.0 30
EE 24 29.2 31 50.0 31
FF 45 28.9 32 45.5 33
GG 54 27.8 33 50.0 32
II 4 25.0 34 100.0 3
HH 48 25.0 35 12.5 37
JJ 13 7.7 36 66.7 10
KK 16 6.3 37 66.7 11
Total 1384 48.6 59.1
*

IOM criteria for healthy food is (1) food servings less than 35% of calories from fat, (2) food servings equal to or less than 200 calories per serving for food, (3) a serving size of less than 4 ounces of 100% fruit juice for middle-school students, and (4) water without additives or carbonation.