Table 2.
Changes in nutritional risk and child outcome measures post-USBP1
| Nutritional Status
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total n (%) 97 (100%) |
Worse n (%) 17 (18) |
No change n (%) 62 (64) |
Improved n (%) 18 (19) |
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| Categorical change in school breakfast | ||||
| Decrease in breakfast rate | 19 (20) | 8 (42) | 11 (58) | 0 (0) |
| No change in breakfast rate | 34 (35) | 5 (15) | 25 (74) | 4 (12) |
| Increase in breakfast rate | 44 (45) | 4 (9) | 26 (59) | 14 (32)c |
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| Mean change in school breakfast rate (SD) | 21.3 (52.0) | −11.0 (59.5) | 20.2 (47.6) | +55.8 (38.8)b |
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| Hunger | ||||
| CHI-C mean hunger score change | −0.3 (1.2) | +0.3 (1.0) | −0.2 (0.9) | −1.4 (1.5)d |
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| PSC | ||||
| Youth report change | −1.5 (7.3) | +1.9 (5.9) | −2.0 (7.4) | −3.2 (7.6)c |
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| School record measures | ||||
| Overall GPA change mean (SD) | −0.1 (0.5) | −0.1 (0.4) | −0.1 (0.4) | 0.0 (0.8) |
| Reading | −0.2 (0.8) | −0.2 (0.6) | −0.2 (0.5) | −0.3 (1.3) |
| Math | +0.2 (0.8) | +0.0 (1.1) | +0.1 (0.7) | +0.6 (0.6)b |
| Social studies | −0.3 (0.8) | −0.3 (0.6) | −0.2 (0.5) | −0.3 (1.3) |
| Science | −0.1 (0.8) | 0.0 (0.9) | −0.1 (0.7) | +0.1 (1.0) |
| Days absent | −1.3 (5.9) | +3.0 (4.7) | −1.7 (6.0) | −4.4 (4.6)c |
| Days tardy | +0.1 (6.2) | +2.2 (4.9) | −0.3 (6.5) | −2.7 (5.4) |
a
p < 0.10;
b
p < 0.05;
c
p < 0.01;
d
p < 0.001;
e
p < 0.0001.
1
Mean school breakfast participation: number of days eating school breakfast divided by days attended.