Table 3.
Selected nutrients from school menus for breakfast, lunch, and snacks served at Baseline and Round 4 by study condition‡
| Baseline | Final (Round 4) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Net effect of intervention | |||||||
| Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Prob t† | |
| Kcalories | 1186 | (57.1) | 1190 | (57.1) | 1162 | (57.1) | 1204 | (57.0) | −37.3 | (91.5) | 0.691 |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 164.5 | (8.2) | 171.9 | (8.2) | 166.8 | (8.2) | 162.7 | (8.2) | 11.5 | (16.0) | 0.487 |
| Protein (g) | 46.89 | (1.87) | 47.68 | (1.87) | 49.08 | (1.87) | 50.12 | (1.87) | −0.26 | (2.98) | 0.933 |
| Fat (g) | 40.92 | (3.52) | 38.71 | (3.52) | 35.47 | (3.52) | 41.08 | (3.52) | −7.81 | (4.15) | 0.085 |
| % total fat calories | 31.00 | (1.96) | 28.40 | (1.96) | 26.77 | (1.96) | 32.17 | (1.93) | −8.00 | (2.26) | 0.004 |
| % calories SAFA | 11.72 | (0.72) | 9.29 | (0.72) | 9.52 | (0.72) | 11.16 | (0.7) | −4.08 | (1.03) | 0.002 |
| Iron (mg) | 8.55 | (0.48) | 8.78 | (0.48) | 7.59 | (0.48) | 7.98 | (0.44) | −0.16 | (0.99) | 0.877 |
| Magnesium (mg) | 161.0 | (7.8) | 162.8 | (7.80) | 159.9 | (7.80) | 157.7 | (7.8) | 3.9 | (11.5) | 0.740 |
| Calcium (mg) | 846 | (166) | 862 | (166) | 900 | (166) | 852 | (166) | 64 | (287.15) | 0.827 |
| Sodium (mg) | 2032 | (114) | 2114 | (114) | 1759 | (114) | 1937 | (114) | −96 | (191.54) | 0.624 |