Table 3. Logistic Regression for Rare Events Models of the Association Between Compliance With New York City Regulations and Beverage Consumptiona, Children in 106 Child Care Centers, New York City, 2010.
| Variable | OR (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1: Milk (N = 636) | Model 2: SSBs (N = 636) | Model 3: Water (N = 636) | |
| Compliancea | 0.03 (0.01–0.09) | 0.14 (0.07–0.26) | 0.70 (0.46–1.08) |
| Child and Adult Care Food Programb | 0.42 (0.18–0.94) | 0.41 (0.20–0.83) | 0.22 (0.12–0.40) |
| Head Startc | Dropped | 0.18 (0.07–0.43) | 2.75 (1.74–4.34) |
| Center in a District Public Health Office catchment aread | 1.43 (0.62–3.31) | 0.90 (0.42–1.93) | 1.68 (1.01–2.79) |
| Average classroom sizee | 1.04 (0.94–1.14) | 0.81 (0.74–0.87) | 0.93 (0.87–1.00) |
| Operating hourse | 4.27 (2.64–6.89) | 1.39 (0.96–1.99) | 1.30 (1.03–1.65) |
| Student–teacher ratioe | 0.92 (0.81–1.06) | 0.95 (0.84–1.07) | 0.95 (0.89–1.03) |
| Teaching staff turnovere | 0.16 (0.01–1.66) | 0.16 (0.02–1.12) | 4.89 (1.11–21.47) |
| Center participated in Eat Well Play Hardf | 4.54 (1.89–10.9) | 2.44 (1.08–5.49) | 1.33 (0.80–2.22) |
| No. of nutrition-related training programs other than Eat Well Play Hardf in which the center participated | 0.42 (0.24–0.72) | 0.28 (0.14–0.55) | 1.26 (0.92–1.72) |
| No. of staff in the center who participated in Training of Teachersg | 1.00 (0.77–1.30) | 0.67 (0.44–1.02) | 1.04 (0.96–1.12) |
| No. of staff in the classroom who participated in Training of Teachersg | 0.38 (0.14–1.05) | 0.99 (0.62–1.56) | 0.95 (0.73–1.24) |
| No. of meals the child had during the day of observation | 5.97 (2.17–16.38) | 2.85 (1.36–5.95) | 3.62 (2.13–6.14) |
Abbreviations: SSBs, sugar-sweetened beverages; OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.
Noncompliant at center level, classroom level, or both levels is the reference category. See Methods for a description of measures of compliance.
The Child and Adult Care Food Program is a program of the United States Department of Agriculture that administers federal grants to state health departments to provide nutritious meals and snacks to low-income individuals.
Head Start is a comprehensive developmental program for preschool-aged children and their families who earn household income below the federal income poverty threshold administered by the Administration for Children and Families in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This variable was dropped from the model because none of the Head Start centers were noncompliant.
District Public Health Offices are a program of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that target resources to high-need neighborhoods in the South Bronx, East and Central Harlem, and North and Central Brooklyn. These centers all received 2 sessions of individualized on-site technical assistance.
All continuous variables in the model are mean-centered.
Eat Well Play Hard is a technical assistance program of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that teaches staff and children about nutrition and physical activity.
Eat Well Play Hard Training of Teachers is a technical assistance program of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that teaches child care center staff how to lead Eat Well Play Hard nutrition and physical activity curriculum in their classrooms.