Table 1.
Information about four cross-sectional studies with fourth-grade children in Augusta, GA from which data were analyzed to investigate a relationship between school-meal participation and body mass index and, for a subset of children, the effect that observed energy intake at school-provided meals has on that relationship.
| Study | School year | Number of schools | School codesa | Number of children in study | Number of children in subset observed eating school-provided meals | Average number of days that nametag recordsb were completed for breakfast (range) | Average number of days that nametag recordsb were completed for lunch (range) | Average number of days that nametag recordsb were completed for breakfast and lunch on the same day (range) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1999-2000 | 6 | a,b,c,d,e,f | 329 | 98 | 35 (26-51) | 10 (1-17) | 9 (1-16) |
| B | 2000-2001 | 11 | a,b,c,d,e,g,h,i,j,k,l | 570 | 121 | 26 (7-36) | 6 (1-11) | 5 (0-10) |
| C | 2001-2002 | 10 | a,b,c,d,e,g,h,i,j,k | 362 | 67 | 16 (12-18) | 4 (2-8) | 2 (0-7) |
| D | 2002-2003 | 6 | b,e,f,g,k,m | 274 | 58 | 7 (3-10) | 2 (1-4) | 2 (0-4) |
Although there were 13 schools total in the four studies, no school was in each of the four studies. Therefore, the table provides school codes to indicate which of the 13 schools were in which study (or studies).
Nametag records were created by research staff and were completed during school-meal observations to indicate which children (identified by the nametags they wore) participated in the School Breakfast Program and the National School Lunch Program — that is, obtained breakfast and lunch provided by the school.