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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2014 Apr 16;67(0 1):S28–S33. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.04.013

Table 1.

Characteristics of the four Los Angeles Unified School District middle schools that participated in the plate waste assessment, 2011.

School Total
enrollmenta 		Percent
Hispanica 		Percentage of
students
eligible for free
or reduced
price luncha 		Percentage of
students who
were obeseb 		Number
of
lunches
servedc 		Number
of
students
observedd
A 860 87% 85% 27.2% 1602 430
B 707 38% 76% 23.4% 1158 590
C 1686 67% 73% 19.7% 1795 840
D 1724 39% 53% 15.0% 1729 368
a

The Los Angeles Unified School District administrative data for 2011-2012.

b

Based on State-mandated fitnessgram body composition measures for students in the 7th grade during school year 2010-2011.

c

Estimated using the number of entrées served. Data extracted from five days of food production records from the Los Angeles Unified School District.

d

During the five days of on-site observation of student plate waste conducted as a part of this study.