Table 2.
Students’ consumption of breakfast item categories by location (N = 651)
| Category | Overall | Home | School | Corner store |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ate at any location |
87.6% |
75.6% |
32.9% |
27.5% |
| Cereal |
32.5% |
37.8% |
13.1% |
4.5% |
| Milk, yogurt, or cheese |
31.7% |
31.7% |
25.2% |
6.7% |
| Water |
29.0% |
27.0% |
4.2% |
7.8% |
| 100% fruit juice (Juicy Juice) |
27.5% |
17.5% |
36.9% |
16.2% |
| Bread (bagel, toast, or roll) |
21.0% |
18.1% |
22.4% |
2.8% |
| Muffin, donut, pastry, cake, or pie |
18.9% |
8.9% |
28.0% |
12.8% |
| Waffles, French toast, pancakes |
17.9% |
18.5% |
13.1% |
1.7% |
| Breakfast sandwich |
17.6% |
16.1% |
5.1% |
15.6% |
| Chips (Doritos, potato chips, Cheetos, etc.) |
17.5% |
6.3% |
7.0% |
44.7% |
| Eggs |
15.3% |
18.5% |
1.9% |
5.0% |
| Fruits (apple, pear, peaches, etc.) |
14.6% |
14.8% |
7.0% |
5.0% |
| Meat (bacon, ham, sausage), chicken, or fish |
13.7% |
14.4% |
2.8% |
8.4% |
| Soda, lemonade, Capri Sun, Sunny D, Hug, etc. |
12.6% |
10.0% |
1.4% |
17.9% |
| Candy |
11.7% |
5.3% |
4.7% |
26.3% |
| Coffee, tea, iced tea (Arizona, Brisk, etc.) |
10.7% |
9.4% |
2.3% |
11.2% |
| Vegetables (lettuce, green beans, broccoli, etc.) |
5.7% |
6.1% |
4.2% |
0.6% |
| Other |
4.3% |
2.6% |
2.3% |
1.1% |
| Cracker |
1.2% |
0.8% |
2.3% |
NA |
| Pretzel | 0.2% | NA | NA | 0.6% |
Note: Ate at any location indicates the proportion of the sample that endorsed eating breakfast in that location. All three schools provided all students with access to free breakfast before school hours. Category descriptions are presented as they were shown to participants.