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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Policy Anal Manage. 2012 Spring;31(2):312–337. doi: 10.1002/pam.21602

Table A1.

In-School and Total Food Consumption in Fifth Grade

Purchase of Junk Food at School (%) Soda Salty
Snacks
Sweets
a. Did not buy any at school during the last week 87.6 83.8 76.5
b. 1 or 2 times during the last week in school 8.7 11.7 15.9
c. 3 or 4 times during the last week in school 1.6 2.1 3.6
d. 1 time per day 1.7 1.8 2.9
e. 2 times per day 0.2 0.4 0.6
f. 3 times per day 0.1 0.1 0.1
g. 4 or more times per day 0.2 0.3 0.4

Total Consumption of Selected Junk and Healthy
Foods (%)
Soda Fast
Food
Milk Juice Green
salad
Pot atoes Carrots Other
vegetables
Fruits

a. Did not consume during the past 7 days 15.5 28.6 10.9 23.9 48.6 47.1 45.3 17.7 9.1
b. 1 to 3 times during the past 7 days 37.9 51.3 17.3 34.9 33.1 40.3 32.3 36.1 29.8
c. 4 to 6 times during the past 7 days 16.9 9.9 16.0 14.6 7.4 5.0 9.9 20.4 22.4
d. 1 time per day 11.5 5.4 14.0 10.9 6.9 5.0 5.8 12.6 13.2
e. 2 times per day 7.8 2.0 16.4 7.3 2.1 1.5 2.5 6.6 11.1
f. 3 times per day 3.7 0.8 11.4 3.7 0.7 0.5 1.4 2.9 6.1
g. 4 or more times per day 6.7 2.1 13.9 4.8 1.2 0.7 2.7 3.7 8.4

Notes: N=9,380. Percentages are unweighted. Figures in the top panel are not conditional on availability in school.