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. 2013 Oct;103(10):e59–e64. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301470

TABLE 4—

Consumption of Food Items by BIC and Comparison Groups: New York City; January–March 2010

Food Item BIC (n = 1044), No. (%) Comparison (n = 1245), No. (%) Pa
Cereal 627 (60.1) 426 (34.2) <.001
Breadb 288 (27.6) 282 (22.7) <.01
Wafflec 122 (11.7) 237 (19.0) <.001
Doughnutd 81 (7.8) 120 (9.6) .11
Chips 71 (6.8) 81 (6.5) .78
Milke 567 (54.3) 399 (32.0) <.001
Eggs 163 (15.6) 252 (20.2) <.01
Meat 164 (15.7) 276 (22.2) <.001
Fruit 173 (16.6) 178 (14.3) .13
Vegetable 23 (2.2) 34 (2.7) .42
Juice 508 (48.7) 264 (21.2) <.001
SSBf 148 (14.2) 199 (16.0) .23
Candy 83 (8.0) 81 (6.5) .18
Coffee/Tea 107 (10.2) 121 (9.7) .67
Water 244 (23.4) 291 (23.4) ≥.99

Note. BIC = Breakfast in Classroom; SSB = sugar sweetened beverage.

a

Percentage BIC vs comparison schools.

b

Includes toast, roll, bagel, and English muffin.

c

Includes waffles, French toast, and pancakes.

d

Includes doughnut, biscuit, pastry, cake, pie, and muffin.

e

Includes milk, yogurt, and cheese.

f

Soda, lemonade, Capri Sun, Sunny D, Quarter Water, etc.