Table 4.

Percent of food consumed by all observed students in schools testing the new NSLP meal patterns for fruit and vegetables during fall, 2011

	Elementary School				Intermediate School
	n=535		n=613		n=210		n=214
	Intervention		Control		Intervention		Control
	Mean	SEa	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Calories c***	75	1	77	1	85	2	97	2
Fruit	67	2	64	2	76	4	78	6
Juice	70	2	70	2	75	3	78	4
Fruit & Juice	69	2	67	2	76	3	79	3
Total Vegetables	40	17	63	18	53	5	52	6
Dark Green Vegetables	13	4	23	5	67	10	55	9
Red Orange Vegetables	38	4	43	4	40	8	40	9
Starchy Vegetables	39	3	37	3	52	6	43	7
Other Vegetablesb*	28	4	15	5	29	8	30	9
Legumes	46	9	40	11	66	12	41	20
Grainsc***	73	2	73	1	83	4	100	4
Whole grainsc*	64	3	65	3	67	4	81	4
Protein Foodsb**c**	72	2	79	1	84	3	96	3
Milk	81	5	75	5	79	10	103	10

Analyses of covariance, adjusting for for gender and school SES (and grade for Elementary school data)

^aStandard error

^bSignificant % consumption difference between elementary intervention and control school students.

^cSignificant % consumption difference between intermediate intervention and control school students.

^*p<.05

^**p<.01

^***p<.001